Defining free speech

[Crimson1967]

I hope everyone celebrating their firings also support the firings of people who make tacky jokes when Joe Biden dies.

 

[Tidewater]

The report I heard indicated as much. If not, there is no issue.

Gotcha.
My point was the individuals in most cases will list on the same social media where they made the controversial speech.

 

[CrimsonJazz]

https://reason.com/2025/10/13/california-wants-to-punish-social-platforms-for-aiding-and-abetting-the-first-amendment/?nab=0

There is currently no tech company exception to California civil rights laws, of course. Any social media company that directly engages in violations is as liable as any individual or any other sort of company would be.

But that's not what S.B. 771 is about. California lawmakers aren't merely seeking to close some weird loophole that lets social media platforms engage in threats and harassment.

No, they are trying to hold platforms responsible for the speech of their users—in direct contradiction of Section 230 of the federal Communications Decency Act (CDA) and of Supreme Court precedent when it comes to this sort of thing.