07-08-2012, 07:01 AM
(This post was last modified: 07-08-2012, 07:04 AM by Virtual Bison.)
This really comes as no surprise.
A number of websites were silenced in the past.
A popular message board, RATM (Rage Against The Machine) was shut by the secret service during the Bush adminstration after one member made what was seen as a death threat against the President.
I know of one individual, Sherman Austin who ran RaiseTheFist.com, who actually spent time in prison for what was posted on his board.
Incidently, the Pentagon Papers case which went before the Supreme Court established that it is unconstitutional to exercise prior restraint on any media source.
A number of websites were silenced in the past.
A popular message board, RATM (Rage Against The Machine) was shut by the secret service during the Bush adminstration after one member made what was seen as a death threat against the President.
I know of one individual, Sherman Austin who ran RaiseTheFist.com, who actually spent time in prison for what was posted on his board.
Incidently, the Pentagon Papers case which went before the Supreme Court established that it is unconstitutional to exercise prior restraint on any media source.
"None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe