[j-bos]

> Similar to how free speech doesn't mean you can yell “Fire!” in a crowded theater

While I appreciate bringing attention to ongoing changes in the tech/legal landscape, I'll get my rundowns from a source that doesn't blindly repeat this broken assertion. Doesn't speak well of their research practices.

[AnthonyMouse]

Yeah, that quote was "mere dicta" from the first day (the case wasn't about shouting fire in a theater, it was about distributing pamphlets opposing the draft), and the actual holding of the case the quote is from was overturned more than half a century ago.

Hasn't stopped every authoritarian from parroting the quote whenever they want to censor something.

[comex]

Despite its history, it’s still a valid example of an exception to the First Amendment under current law. The problem is that most people who cite it are using it as an analogy for something else that isn’t.