• unwarlikeExtortion@lemmy.ml
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      4 months ago

      It does set a potentially dangerous precedent, but with how things are going (American newspapers declining in quality and SCOTUS selectively ignoring precedent and doing whatever), you’re right that it doesn’t mean much.

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        4 months ago

        That’s what’s so concerning about the case. The USA tried to persecute an Australian citizen working out of the EU for publishing information.

        As he is not a US citizen he was not able to use the X amendment to free speech.