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Hate Crime Reporting Act of 2014
Posted on 4/29/14 at 1:42 pm
Posted on 4/29/14 at 1:42 pm
U.S. Sen. Ed Markey wants to empower an obscure federal agency to begin scouring the Internet, TV and radio for speech it finds threatening — a plan met with jeers from defenders of the First Amendment. Here we add one more incredulous voice to the chorus.
The “Hate Crime Reporting Act of 2014” presents a frankly chilling proposition. The spookily-named National Telecommunications and Information Administration (what, you’ve never heard of it?) would be required to submit a report to Congress on “the use of telecommunications” “to advocate and encourage violent acts and the commission of crimes of hate.”
Using its own judgment to determine what qualifies as impermissible speech, the new government hall monitors would then recommend steps for Congress to take that are “appropriate and necessary to address such use of telecommunications.” Now, those recs must be “consistent with the First Amendment,” the bill says — and Markey insists.
But prosecutors already have the authority to prosecute threats. And for the life of us we can’t fathom any further government limit on Internet postings or talk radio callers that could be structured to protect an American’s right to free expression. Neither can the experts.
“This proposed legislation is worse than merely silly. It is dangerous,” civil liberties lawyer Harvey A. Silverglate said. “It is not up to Sen. Markey, nor to the federal government, to define for a free people what speech is, and is not, acceptable.”
Either silly, dangerous or both — a Markey specialty. Inexplicably unchallenged in his bid for a full Senate term the state’s junior senator clearly needs something to occupy his time. Perhaps he could crack a briefing book on the crisis in Ukraine rather than looking for his own extra-constitutional methods of punishing speech he finds unacceptable.
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The “Hate Crime Reporting Act of 2014” presents a frankly chilling proposition. The spookily-named National Telecommunications and Information Administration (what, you’ve never heard of it?) would be required to submit a report to Congress on “the use of telecommunications” “to advocate and encourage violent acts and the commission of crimes of hate.”
Using its own judgment to determine what qualifies as impermissible speech, the new government hall monitors would then recommend steps for Congress to take that are “appropriate and necessary to address such use of telecommunications.” Now, those recs must be “consistent with the First Amendment,” the bill says — and Markey insists.
But prosecutors already have the authority to prosecute threats. And for the life of us we can’t fathom any further government limit on Internet postings or talk radio callers that could be structured to protect an American’s right to free expression. Neither can the experts.
“This proposed legislation is worse than merely silly. It is dangerous,” civil liberties lawyer Harvey A. Silverglate said. “It is not up to Sen. Markey, nor to the federal government, to define for a free people what speech is, and is not, acceptable.”
Either silly, dangerous or both — a Markey specialty. Inexplicably unchallenged in his bid for a full Senate term the state’s junior senator clearly needs something to occupy his time. Perhaps he could crack a briefing book on the crisis in Ukraine rather than looking for his own extra-constitutional methods of punishing speech he finds unacceptable.
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Posted on 4/29/14 at 1:46 pm to UncleFestersLegs
That any elected official would even consider something like this scares the hell out of me.
Posted on 4/29/14 at 1:47 pm to UncleFestersLegs
Yeah.. well considering what we are seeing in this country, I can certainly see this happening.
Posted on 4/29/14 at 1:49 pm to darkhorse
That's all we need to do is add more power to one more BS agency.
Posted on 4/29/14 at 1:52 pm to UncleFestersLegs
I love post-racial America
Posted on 4/29/14 at 1:56 pm to UncleFestersLegs
This in conjunction with the IRS will ensure the govt keeps it's subjects in check with an iron fist. Glad to see the NTIA is getting so much slack to subjectively select what is/isn't "impermissible" speech. I wonder how many rounds of ammo will be ordered for the NTIA's special response SWAT team.
Posted on 4/29/14 at 2:01 pm to upgrayedd
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"impermissible" speech.
“tea party” “patriot” “liberty
Posted on 4/29/14 at 2:03 pm to UncleFestersLegs
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“tea party” “patriot” “liberty
Ah, ah, ah....don't forget "constitution"
Posted on 4/29/14 at 2:06 pm to UncleFestersLegs
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Using its own judgment to determine what qualifies as impermissible speech, the new government hall monitors would then recommend steps for Congress to take that are “appropriate and necessary to address such use of telecommunications.”
Yeah, exactly what we need. Government with more power.
Posted on 4/29/14 at 2:07 pm to UncleFestersLegs
liberalism is a disease
Posted on 4/29/14 at 2:13 pm to UncleFestersLegs
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National Telecommunications and Information Administration
Must be who was buying a billion hollow point rounds.
Im guessing they have their own SWAT team and armored transport vehicles.
Posted on 4/29/14 at 3:12 pm to dcrews
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Government with more infinite power.
Posted on 4/29/14 at 3:29 pm to Choctaw
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liberalism is a disease
I am fairly liberal but think this is ridiculous
Posted on 4/29/14 at 3:29 pm to UncleFestersLegs
These motherfrickers just won't give up.
Posted on 4/29/14 at 3:38 pm to UncleFestersLegs
This is the kind of thing that free speech advocates have been wrestling with in Canada.
They have a "Human Rights Commission" that has levied fines against a comedian for making lesbian jokes.
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They have a "Human Rights Commission" that has levied fines against a comedian for making lesbian jokes.
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Vancouver, B.C. Human Rights Commission took up the case of a woman who got insulted at a comedy club. The comedian apparently made some jokes about her sexual orientation. After being subject to one of the HRC's laughable, quasi-legal "tribunals" where there are no formal legal rules or standards for evidence and the state pays for prosecution's case while the accused is forced to rack up legal bills, the comedian has been fined $15,000:
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Posted on 4/29/14 at 3:47 pm to Radiojones
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That any elected official would even consider something like this scares the hell out of me.
It just tells me that a secret organization like Abstergo from Assassin's Creed really does exist and is trying to manipulate events behind the scenes to control people's lives. Ed Markey is clearly a Templar.
Posted on 4/29/14 at 3:52 pm to TrueTiger
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HRC's laughable, quasi-legal "tribunals" where there are no formal legal rules or standards for evidence
this will be used to punish dissidents of the State.
Posted on 4/29/14 at 3:57 pm to UncleFestersLegs
Politicians trying to take your rights away. Nothing new here folks.
Yep.
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“This proposed legislation is worse than merely silly. It is dangerous,” civil liberties lawyer Harvey A. Silverglate said. “It is not up to Sen. Markey, nor to the federal government, to define for a free people what speech is, and is not, acceptable.”
Yep.
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