388: Freedom of Speech online??

In the Weeds with Dexter Johnson

The First Amendment protects our speech! While this is correct, context, location and platform matters. In that case, does freedom of speech even exist? Did freedom of speech ever exist? –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Let's continue our discussion! Follow me on Twitter at @dexter_johnson and visit http://DexJohnsPC.com to stay on top of my latest blog posts about the world of technology. Share this podcast with a friend! Links from this episode: https://www.history.com/topics/united-states-constitution/first-amendment https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/twitter-permanently-bans-trump/ar-BB1cAXa3 https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/8/22218753/twitter-bans-trump-permanently-realdonaldtrump https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/9/22221730/apple-removes-suspends-bans-parler-app-store https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/06/us/politics/trump-speech-capitol.html https://www.reddit.com/r/ParlerWatch/top/ https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/terrorism Intro music details: –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– RETRO Xcape by Lahar https://soundcloud.com/musicbylahar Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/retro-xcape Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/eHHMlcSVBgE –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Outro music details: –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Reloaded by Savfk - Music https://soundcloud.com/savfk Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/_reloaded Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/IlUSKojxLxU ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––