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cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/47338524
The first amendment gives everyone the right to record. There is no such thing as verified credentials to become the press and film in public.
That is correct according to a common interpretation of the Constitution of the United States. But the judges who ~~are bribed to be creative in their interpretation of law~~ often vehemently disagree, and think that the rights to free political speech and free press should be sharply curbed.
There are a lot of universities that have designated free-speech zones.
If you are confused, use this easy guide.
Free speech judge agrees with = ok
Free speech judges does not agree with = not ok
That was the point of Hustler Magazine v. Falwell: True freedom of speech has to include speech that the authorities find objectionable, or that the majority doesn't like, no matter if it's vulgar or politically unpopular or simply a bad take. Regardless, we have to be free to express it.
Granted, there are typically some exceptions recognized in 20th-century industrialized nations, including fascist content, extreme racism, calls to violence and information hazards (e.g. instructions on making drugs or building explosive devices).
Tangent on CSAM
Child Sexual Assault Material or CSAM provides a weird gray zone. CSAM is universally illegal when it is produced by actually endangering or harming children. But art that depicted CSAM yet doesn't actually involve children may not be, especially, if it has artistic value or is thought-provoking. During the 20th and 21st centuries, content featuring child sexuality slips in and out of legality depending on the era, on local ordinance and sometimes even whether a police officer, DA or judge decides possession is criminal in a given case. 70's coming of age porn fiction became illegal in the 80s. Japanese lolicon (and its knockoffs) from the 1990s became illegal in the aughts (at least in red states. Blue states still sometimes interpreted it as art). CGI content has always been a gray zone, and currently AI slop of CSAM is legal, not because culture has changed but because the controllers of the AI technology have incredible influence on the federal government.
Curiously, when political speech and freedom of the press is restricted, it is consistently pressure from the right, whether conservative universities designating free speech zones or the police trying to kettle the press (and put down independent journalists who aren't backed by the legal branch of a major news agency) during civil unrest such as the 2014 Ferguson Unrest after the slaying of Michael Brown.
In the 21st century, beats around the federal government weren't blatantly regulated until Trump, but those who kept officials in good light and refused to publish embarrassing stories were definitely given privileged positions. Hence during the Iraq War, we had to rely on foreign news to learn about the torture, the war crimes, the use of PMCs and so on, just as we have to rely on independent media today.
But in a properly liberal society (not to be confused with a neoliberal society such as 20th century US and the EU), the press needs to be independent and allowed to publish the truth no matter how embarrassing it might be to the state or its officials.
and recently they have largely quashed or censored those universities, and they all pretty much bowed to the pressure, under the threat of pulling out funding.
Yes. Curiously the colleges that capitulated to the Trump regime continued to be pressured by it, and have been denied funding anyway. It shows that once again appeasement of fascists does not work.
its mostly against allowing anti-zionist protest, which what got all the zionist backers of these colleges panties in a wad. i havnt seen it being reported in the news, its either they are likely succesful in censoring it or the news isnt reporting it on purpose, to cause a bigger streisand effect.
Thats all in the past
Says you and what army?
Insane that local government is cooperating with this.
It makes sense under the framework that police are a right-wing paramilitary.
They understand this fact, and will aid their allies like ICE and Patriot Front who seek to impose their white-supremicist agenda upon the country. They work in the knowledge that their job is to oppress the left and support the far-right reactionary ideology with government-sanctioned force.
The left needs to accept this paradigm in order to compete against it.
“A freedom fighter learns the hard way that it is the oppressor who defines the nature of the struggle,and the oppressed is often left no recourse but to use methods that mirror those of the oppressor.At a point, one can only fight fire with fire” Nelson Mandela , Long Walk to Freedom
I was actually thinking about this. While we have movements determined to keep the resistance peaceful, history shows that the ownership class, the political class and the police absolutely will resort to violence to preserve their power, even if it means massacring dissidents to the last, or engaging in genocide.
Is this a decision that was made by the police or civilian government? The way it's worded is a bit ambiguous.
Immensely disappointed but not at all surprised by my governor. I’ll be harassing her staff with angry constituent messages until she’s out of office
Being told when and where you're allowed to protest doesn't sound, to me, like what protests are designed to do.
Delaney Hall is a facility used for immigrant detention in Newark, New Jersey, United States. The private prison is managed by the GEO Group under contract for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which awarded GEO Group a US$1 billion contract for fifteen years.[4] Delaney Hall previously held immigrant detainees from 2011 to 2017. The facility re-opened in 2025 and has an authorized capacity of up to 1,196.
Prisoners there have been on a hunger strike since late May (arc)
"They're given rotten frozen food, or in the case of last week, they found live worms in their food, we're also hearing of people being denied toilet paper," said activist Catalina Adorno, who explained why she arrived to stand in support of detainees.
Late Wednesday morning, New York Congressman Adriano Espaillat and New Jersey Senator Cory Booker were allowed inside and spoke to detainees who are complaining about inhumane conditions and inadequate medical care.
"Repercussions and retaliation have been launched against the people in the hunger strike. We were informed that 13 of them were moved out since the hunger strike began," Espaiilat said.
"The stories I've gotten, especially from women inmates, about the access to medical attention, seemed unsatisfactory, if not downright dangerous to their conditions," Booker said.
On Wednesday afternoon, New York Congressman Jerrold Nadler made his way inside.
"The food is very sparse. They get up and have breakfast at 4 in the morning, lunch at maybe 12, dinner at 4, and very small portions, so it's impossible, and very often, there are maggots in the food," Nadler said.
e; related and more recent news article, "As anti-ICE protests resume, Sherrill defends NJ police use of force" (arc)
Curfew is what fascists do
All people are members of the media
how are time and place "free speech zones" like this not violations of the right to assemble?
unconstitutional!!
fucking pigs and lawmakers need a reality check
Give it to them then.
Time to exercise the first and the second...
That sucks. I hate when governments are condescending like everyday. Molotovs when?
this post was submitted on 01 Jun 2026
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