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> They subpoena you to get a better answer

Sure except the subpoena in question was not actually about records of conversations that the rioters had, it was about efforts FB did/didn't take to discount election misinformation.

Election misinformation is covered by free speech.



> Election misinformation is covered by free speech.

In the same way as yelling “fire” in a theater.


So? Illegal the legal according to then overruled by SCOTUS, and widely misunderstood when it’s used as a reference?


> In the same way as yelling “fire” in a theater.

Not at all? There's a clear moral (and certainly legal) dividing line between the two.




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