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Moronic NY politicians propose clearly unconstitutional "right to be forgotten" censorship legislation
From: "Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2017 11:34:38 -0400
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From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren () vortex com> Date: March 15, 2017 at 11:30:06 AM EDT To: nnsquad () nnsquad org Subject: [ NNSquad ] Moronic NY politicians propose clearly unconstitutional "right to be forgotten" censorship legislation Moronic NY politicians propose clearly unconstitutional "right to be forgotten" censorship legislation N.Y. bill would require people to remove 'inaccurate,' 'irrelevant,' 'inadequate' or 'excessive' statements about others https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2017/03/15/n-y-bill-would-require-people-to-remove-inaccurate-irrelevant-inadequate-or-excessive-statements-about-others/ So, under this bill, newspapers, scholarly works, copies of books on Google Books and Amazon, online encyclopedias (Wikipedia and others) -- all would have to be censored whenever a judge and jury found (or the author expected them to find) that the speech was "no longer material to current public debate or discourse" (except when it was "related to convicted felonies" or "legal matters relating to violence" in which the subject played a "central and substantial" role). And of course the bill contains no exception even for material of genuine historical interest; after all, such speech would have to be removed if it was "no longer material to current public debate." Nor is there an exception for autobiographic material, whether in a book, on a blog or anywhere else. Nor is there an exception for political figures, prominent businesspeople and others. - - - Obviously unconstitutional. Move to Russia, China, or the EU, you jerks. --Lauren-- Your Google Experiences - https://vortex.com/google-suggestions REPORT Fake News Here! - https://factsquad.com STOP President Trump - https://vortex.com/stop-president-trump Lauren's YouTube Recommendations - https://vortex.com/lauren-youtube - - - Lauren Weinstein (lauren () vortex com): https://www.vortex.com/lauren Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex.com Founder: Network Neutrality Squad: https://www.nnsquad.org PRIVACY Forum: https://www.vortex.com/privacy-info Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: https://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Google+: https://google.com/+LaurenWeinstein Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenweinstein Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 - - - The correct term is "Internet" NOT "internet" -- please don't fall into the trap of using the latter. It's just plain wrong! _______________________________________________ nnsquad mailing list https://lists.nnsquad.org/mailman/listinfo/nnsquad
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