New York Bill Would Suppress Non-Government-Approved Free Speech
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New York lawmakers are trying to push through a bill aimed at suppressing non-government approved free speech. Zero Hedge reports liberal New York politicians have submitted a bill aimed at securing a “right to be forgotten.”
Under this bill, newspapers, scholarly works, books on Google Books and Amazon, and online encyclopedias such as Wikipedia would have to remove speech if it is determined by a judge that it is “no longer material to current public debate or discourse.”
The bill basically aims to censor what people say, under a broad, vague test based on what the government thinks the public should or shouldn’t be discussing and appears to clearly violate the First Amendment.
Corrie O'Connor
