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I want to welcome back to the show, Professor Maryanne Franks, professor of technology and civil rights law at the George Washington University Law School and author of Fearless Speech, Breaking Free from the First Amendment. Also with us is a great friend of our show, Dalia Lithwick, MSNBC MSNBC contributor and senior editor at Slate and host of the Amicus uh podcast. Welcome to both of you.Thank you for being with us. You both had a great uh conversation on the podcast the other day, which caused me to wa ...

The very first amendment to the US Constitution right here was ratified on December 17th, 1791. It's been around for a while and subject to evolving interpretations. But there is once again today and particularly in the last in the last few weeks and misconception about this most fundamental right that Americans hold, free speech.You know, it's important because it's among the first amendments. It's the called the first one, but it was ratified with a number of other amendments. And we need to start by ridd ...

RT Pavel Durov (@durov)🇲🇩 About a year ago, while I was stuck in Paris, the French intelligence services reached out to me through an intermediary, asking me to help the Moldovan government censor certain Telegram channels ahead of the presidential elections in Moldova.After reviewing the channels flagged by French (and Moldovan) authorities, we identified a few that clearly violated our rules and removed them. The intermediary then informed me that, in exchange for this cooperation, French intelligence wou ...

RT WikiLeaks (@wikileaks)Israeli-Aligned Billionaires Seize TikTok in Battle for U.S. Narrative ControlThe White House has announced that the forced sale of TikTok will be finalized this week. The new ownership led by Larry Ellison - the largest individual donor to the IDF - will take control of U.S. user data and the algorithm which the White House says will be "retrained".Ellison, who made his fortune developing Oracle - a database system he originally built for the CIA - already controls CBS, Paramount, ...

Free Speech & Censorship - The report highlights a free speech win against powerful forces, focusing on the censorship plot against Kimmel and the pressure on his team [3][4] - It emphasizes that the ability to speak freely matters across history, whether through comedy, politics, or art, until the government intervenes [11] - The report notes that government threats to silence comedians are anti-American and unconstitutional, referencing historical figures like Lenny Bruce, George Carlin, and Howard Stern [20] - It points out that Trump's White House initially pursued censorship goals but later backtracked, attempting to mislead by claiming the issue was about ratings, not free speech [21][22] Disney & ABC's Response - Disney initially folded to government pressure to oust Kimmel but reversed course due to public outcry [9] - The report suggests that Disney's surrender and attempts to appease Trump only invite more attacks [26] - ABC and Disney executives are reportedly scrambling to get Kimmel back on the air after their initial decision to give in to government pressure [35] - The report criticizes Disney chief Bob Iger for co-signing an effort to allow the government to silence critics, contrasting it with the New York Times' stance [35] Public & Political Reaction - Kimmel's return after the censorship sparked a massive revolt, leading to Disney's reversal [2] - Millions of people weighed in on the effort to silence Kimmel, demonstrating public concern [3] - The report acknowledges individuals like Ben Shapiro, Clay Travis, Candace Owens, Mitch McConnell, and Ted Cruz for supporting Kimmel's right to share his beliefs [28] - Ted Cruz rebuked Trump's efforts to control free speech, warning against government deciding what speech it likes and dislikes [33] Ratings & The Streisand Effect - Kimmel's show experienced a ratings bonanza after the controversy, with 6 million live TV viewers and over 15 million views on YouTube in under a day [12] - The report mentions the Streisand effect, where attempts to suppress something draw more attention to it [13][14] - Despite the online interest, many local affiliates are still stopping Kimmel's show from being shown, impacting up to a third of ABC affiliates [15] Legal & Constitutional Aspects - The report emphasizes that pressuring private companies to silence views is a likely violation of the First Amendment [34] - All nine Supreme Court justices agree that the government cannot coerce businesses or media outlets to suppress or change views [34] - The First Amendment prohibits the government from relying on the threat of legal sanctions to suppress disfavored speech [34]

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Okay, so last night, as I think all of you know, Jimmy Kimmel returned to ABC after the broadcaster's parent company, Disney, abruptly pulled his late night show last week. Now, that suspension, of course, followed Donald Trump's FCC chairman and total lackey, Brendan Carr, publicly warning ABC, "We can do this the easy way or the hard way." How direct is that. Now, since then, Brendan Carr and some administration allies have desperately tried to spin those comments as not a threat to use the government's r ...

Late night host Jimmy Kimmel is back, triumphantly returning to his show last night after staring down a government effort to censor and silence him. It's a Trump effort that first looked shockingly effective last week when corporate giant Disney gave in to the Trump FCC chair's blatantly unconstitutional demands. Demands that all legal experts who've seriously looked at this say would fail in court if they were tested in court. But they weren't because Disney first folded. Kimmel then stood strong. The cen ...