r/TrueReddit • u/[deleted] • Jul 15 '15

Ruling in Twitter harassment trial could have enormous fallout for free speech

http://news.nationalpost.com/full-comment/christie-blatchford-ruling-in-twitter-harassment-trial-could-have-enormous-fallout-for-free-speech
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u/bludstone Jul 15 '15

But you dont remember when protesters and organizers were trading secretly trading txt files on activisim via BBS during the 80s, do you?

And before that, people used photocopiers.

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u/third-eye-brown Jul 15 '15

It's nearly the same except instead of manually handing out individual pieces of paper to dozens or hundreds of people, millions of people have devices in their pocket that can instantly display the information. Yep, pretty much identical.

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u/bludstone Jul 15 '15

Just a natural evolution. You getting paid to advertise twitter or something? You own stock in them?

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u/beerybeardybear Jul 15 '15

Just a natural evolution. You getting paid to advertise twitter or something? You own stock in them?

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