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There are plenty of legal restrictions on free speech. Defamation, for example. We don't consider it laws against defamation to be tyranny, but rather legitimate acts of governance.

Moreover, the case in question did not involve an act of Congress, or in fact any express act of governance at all. There's a difference between being legally or illegally compelled by the government and simply being contacted by a government official. The government has freedom of speech, too, and they are allowed to express concern about dissemination of materials counter to the public interest.




There are exceptions to the rule and this wasnt one of then. This wasnt the government suing Twitter for defamation.


> This wasnt the government suing Twitter for defamation.

I never said it was. The point was simply to refute GP's blanket assertion that any restriction on speech is tantamount to tyranny.

> There are exceptions to the rule and this wasnt one of then.

That's a thornier question which has not been resolved yet, and is certainly not a black-and-white issue.




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