On Sat, Aug 11, 2018 at 03:40:07AM +0000, jim bell wrote: > On Friday, August 10, 2018, 4:42:51 PM PDT, Zenaan Harkness > <z...@freedbms.net> wrote: > Microsoft Threatens to Shut Down GAB Unless They > Censor Anti-Jew Posts > Adrian Sol > Daily Stormer > August 10, 2018 > https://dailystormer.name/microsoft-threatens-to-shut-down-gab-unless-they-censor-anti-jew-posts/ > > … > > Microsoft pointed to two posts from Gab user Patrick Little, one > > that calls for the “complete eradication of all Jews” and the > > other which calls for their death by torture: “After an initial > > review, we have concluded that this content incites violence, is > > not protected by the First Amendment, and violates Microsoft > > Azure’s acceptable use policy,” a Microsoft spokesperson told > > Motherboard. “Microsoft notified Gab.ai of this substantial > > concern and advised that it remove this content or respond to > > Microsoft within 48 hours, or potentially risk suspension of its > > service on Azure.” > > That, of course, is bullshit. > The First Amendment absolutely protects calls for violence, as > long as no “specific and credible threat” is involved. Simply > calling for the destruction of a race, even by torture, is > protected speech. > > You are correct. The controlling case is Brandenburg v. Ohio, > 1969. Although, since I no longer have access to a LEXIS computer > system, I cannot Shepardize (modern equivalent: Text search) this > case in the various appeals Circuits to see how they have further > interpreted it.
Thanks for your update Jim, but just to clarify that I did not write that so I can't claim it as authored by me - it's from Anglin of TDS.