They only want to ban lying.
You know, like when Stalin allowed free speech, as long as you didn’t slander the Soviet Union…by disagreeing with Stalin.
Man, they should have tried to get this passed earlier than since Donald “the press is truly the enemy of the people” Trump would surely have signed it into law.
Did you read what I posted? People can still say whatever they want. Websites and individuals can continue to lie as much as they do now. If you want to say things as a licensed news reporter, you’d be expected to follow guidelines to ensure there are actual facts to your reporting. That way, if people wanted to easily know if they were receiving information from a fact based source, they could look for someone who is a licensed news reporter.
That’s a main emphasis of media literacy. Knowing if a source is fact or opinion based.
And guess what that would mean? All licensed reporters toe the government line to avoid losing their license. Why would any sne person believe anything they said after that?
Then, the U.S. Congress acted on it. Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., spoke on the House floor about the bill, known at the federal level as the “Speech Act.”
“While we generally share a proud common law legal tradition with the United Kingdom,” Cohen said, “it is also true that the United Kingdom has laws that disfavor speech critical of public officials, contrary to our own constitutional tradition.”
“We were quite shocked,” says Afia, “because it was sort of raised as a national threat to U.S. constitutional issues, which as an ally was quite shocking to hear.”
Do CPAs toe the government line when it comes to accounting? How about architects, attorneys or barbers? Lots of professions require occupational licenses. That doesn’t mean they become an agent of the state. I’ll make sure to look out for all that liberal nonsense being pushed by licensed home inspectors and message therapists.
Please though, by all means. Use your first amendment rights to threaten someone with imminent harm. March down to the police department and make a false report to express yourself. Write a book where your creativity compels you to say untrue things about people to hurt them.
First amendment doesn’t say no to any of those expressly. You should be in the clear.
You obviously don’t realize US libel and defamation laws are what they are for a reason. Reason being, a few hundred years of pushing up against the first amendment by the legislative and executive being adjudicated by our courts.