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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 2721064" data-attributes="member: 12952"><p><a href="http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-03-16/new-york-assemblyman-unveils-bill-suppress-non-government-approved-free-speech" target="_blank">New York Assemblyman Unveils Bill To Suppress Non-Government-Approved Free Speech | Zero Hedge</a></p><p></p><p>In a <strong><a href="http://nyassembly.gov/leg/?default_fld=&leg_video=&bn=A05323&term=&Summary=Y&Text=Y" target="_blank">bill aimed at securing a "right to be forgotten,"</a> </strong>introduced by <a href="http://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/David-I-Weprin/" target="_blank">Assemblyman David I. Weprin</a> and (as <a href="http://nyassembly.gov/leg/?term=2017&bn=S04561" target="_blank">Senate Bill 4561</a> by <a href="https://www.nysenate.gov/senators/tony-avella" target="_blank">state Sen. Tony Avella</a>), liberal New York politicians would <strong>require people to remove ‘inaccurate,’ ‘irrelevant,’ ‘inadequate’ or ‘excessive’ statements about others</strong>...</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Within 30 days of a ”request from an individual,”</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">“all search engines and online speakers] shall remove … content about such individual, and links or indexes to any of the same, that is ‘inaccurate’, ‘irrelevant’, ‘inadequate’ or ‘excessive,’ ”</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">“and without replacing such removed … content with any disclaimer [or] takedown notice.”</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">“ ‘<em>naccurate’, ‘irrelevant’, ‘inadequate’, or ‘excessive’ shall mean content,”<br /> [*]“which after a significant lapse in time from its first publication,”<br /> [*]“is no longer material to current public debate or discourse,”<br /> [*]“especially when considered in light of the financial, reputational and/or demonstrable other harm that the information … is causing to the requester’s professional, financial, reputational or other interest,”<br /> [*]“with the exception of content related to convicted felonies, legal matters relating to violence, or a matter that is of significant current public interest, and as to which the requester’s role with regard to the matter is central and substantial.”<br /> </em></li> </ul><p><em></em></p><p><em><strong>Failure to comply would make the search engines or speakers liable for, at least, statutory damages of $250/day plus attorney fees</strong>.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><strong>But the deeper problem with the bill is simply that it aims to censor what people say, under a broad, vague test based on what the government thinks the public should or shouldn’t be discussing. </strong>It is clearly unconstitutional under current First Amendment law, and I hope First Amendment law will stay that way (no matter what rules other countries might have adopted).</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 2721064, member: 12952"] [URL="http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-03-16/new-york-assemblyman-unveils-bill-suppress-non-government-approved-free-speech"]New York Assemblyman Unveils Bill To Suppress Non-Government-Approved Free Speech | Zero Hedge[/URL] In a [B][URL='http://nyassembly.gov/leg/?default_fld=&leg_video=&bn=A05323&term=&Summary=Y&Text=Y']bill aimed at securing a "right to be forgotten,"[/URL] [/B]introduced by [URL='http://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/David-I-Weprin/']Assemblyman David I. Weprin[/URL] and (as [URL='http://nyassembly.gov/leg/?term=2017&bn=S04561']Senate Bill 4561[/URL] by [URL='https://www.nysenate.gov/senators/tony-avella']state Sen. Tony Avella[/URL]), liberal New York politicians would [B]require people to remove ‘inaccurate,’ ‘irrelevant,’ ‘inadequate’ or ‘excessive’ statements about others[/B]... [LIST] [*]Within 30 days of a ”request from an individual,” [*]“all search engines and online speakers] shall remove … content about such individual, and links or indexes to any of the same, that is ‘inaccurate’, ‘irrelevant’, ‘inadequate’ or ‘excessive,’ ” [*]“and without replacing such removed … content with any disclaimer [or] takedown notice.” [*]“ ‘[I]naccurate’, ‘irrelevant’, ‘inadequate’, or ‘excessive’ shall mean content,” [*]“which after a significant lapse in time from its first publication,” [*]“is no longer material to current public debate or discourse,” [*]“especially when considered in light of the financial, reputational and/or demonstrable other harm that the information … is causing to the requester’s professional, financial, reputational or other interest,” [*]“with the exception of content related to convicted felonies, legal matters relating to violence, or a matter that is of significant current public interest, and as to which the requester’s role with regard to the matter is central and substantial.” [/I][/LIST][I] [B]Failure to comply would make the search engines or speakers liable for, at least, statutory damages of $250/day plus attorney fees[/B]. [B]But the deeper problem with the bill is simply that it aims to censor what people say, under a broad, vague test based on what the government thinks the public should or shouldn’t be discussing. [/B]It is clearly unconstitutional under current First Amendment law, and I hope First Amendment law will stay that way (no matter what rules other countries might have adopted).[/i] [/QUOTE]
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