Stop twisting my words.Big Tech. Twitter, FB, IG all censored free speech. And I didn’t twist your words, you specifically said Eccie was housed in America. Prove it. It has nothing to do with free speech but the accuracy of your statement.
Even if a website is hosted in the US, the first amendment isn't protected on it.
So I'll spell it out, easier so you can understand, and hopefully not twist my words to make me look like I don't know what I'm talking about
If ECCIE was hosted INSIDE of the US, the first amendment would not be protected on the site
If ECCIE was NOT hosted INSIDE the US, the first amendment would not be protected on the site.
I'll also throw in few a bonus extras!
If you were inside of someone's home, inside of the US, the first amendment would not be protected
If you were using someone's private service (such as a website, internet connection, newspaper) INSIDE the US, the first amendment would not be protected
If you were using someone's private service (such as a website, internet connection, newspaper) OUTSIDE the US, the first amendment would not be protected
The only place the first amendment is protected is when you are talking in PUBLIC.
A street corner is public.
A protect on public property is public
whitehouse.gov is public
This forum, any forum, any company's site, no matter where it is, as long as it is not owned and operated by the US government, is NOT protected for free speech.
People like to say 'first 'mendment, I can say what I want where I want!' but they are oh, so, so wrong.
Do I believe free speech as well as freedom to access information should be made a blanket law effecting everything? Depends. For the means to access data (internet, cellular), yes, I believe so. But I do not believe that Joe Shmo who owns a hookersite that's based in out of the Netherlands (because it is literally illegal in the US!), nor Twitter, nor Facebook, nor any private owned site, nor people in their homes need to uphold the first amendment... because it literally isn't written to cover that. Originally Posted by onawbtngr546