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You can end up in jail for posting "wrong" things on Facebook in the US too.. It's just a slightly different line.

> In some European countries (including, ironically, Ukraine) you wouldn't even be able to criticize the government the way we do it here in the US.

That's not true.



> You can end up in jail for posting "wrong" things on Facebook in the US too. It's just a slightly different line.

WTF are you talking about? Unless you're referring to state secrets or CSAM, or threatening an official, there's no way you're going to jail over a Facebook posting. And it's not a "slightly different line." Those and political speech are miles apart.




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