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If you do understand First Amendment then you should also understand that foreign propaganda is protected speech, and is not treated as yelling fire in a crowde
by Cookingboy 2y ago
If you do understand First Amendment then you should also understand that foreign propaganda is protected speech, and is not treated as yelling fire in a crowded theater:
https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/lamont-v-postmaster-general/ https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/lamont-v-postmaster-...
- jkaplowitz 2y agoCorrect, the mere act of spreading foreign propaganda, without more, is not illegal. But spreading foreign propaganda is indeed illegal despite that precedent if one does it as an agent of a foreign government within the FARA legal definition (which is reasonably implied by being on their payroll) and does not register with the US government as a foreign agent, aside from certain exceptions. That’s the scenario which started this subthread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42430717 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42430717