[Infowarrior] - TN town never heard of the First Amendment, apparently

[Richard Forno]

Tennessee Town Passes Policy Banning Negative Comments About The Town's Government

from the the-Supreme-Court-has-roundly-rejected-prior-restraint dept

The commissioners of a small Tennessee town have just voted to ban negative comments about it from social media. This stupid move was prompted by "criticism and lies" being posted online, which supposedly "hampered" the town's government from performing its duties. 

South Pittsburg City is a town of 3,000. This fact will limit the damage done by its city commissioners' new policy (which passed with 4-1 vote), but only because the town itself is tiny. The ban, however, is super-broad. (via Ben Swann and BRACE YOURSELF for always-awesome AUTOPLAY)

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https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20141217/12153229470/tennessee-town-passes-policy-banning-negative-comments-about-towns-government.shtml

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