So would a site like Reddit selectively choosing what speech to report to the government create a chilling effect on the First Amendment, given that they may report speech that isn't illegal but still results in an investigation and maybe even court fight, and they may choose to do so based on the political leanings of individual posters (which isn't out of line with other behavior already demonstrated to be politically motivated, such as editing users comments to change what they were saying)?
> So would a site like Reddit selectively choosing what speech to report to the government create a chilling effect on the First Amendment, given that they may report speech that isn't illegal but still results in an investigation and maybe even court fight
That's not how the system we were discussing works. You are supposed to self-report your social media accounts, and then the government looks into those social media accounts. The platform is never asked to report anything at all.
Or are you describing an entirely different scenario, in which a site like Reddit voluntarily reports on its users (selectively or not)? In which case I don't see how that creates a chilling effect of speech more than anyone else. Any motivated individual can check your social media accounts and report anything they see to the police if it's illegal or suspicious. And they can choose to do this as selectively as they want.
>That's not how the system we were discussing works.
I'm talking more generically.
>The platform is never asked to report anything at all.
I thought platforms routinely work with the government to report potentially illegal content.
>Or are you describing an entirely different scenario, in which a site like Reddit voluntarily reports on its users (selectively or not)?
Discussing the existing system and what the logic being used in this context means when applied elsewhere.
>Any motivated individual can check your social media accounts and report anything they see to the police if it's illegal or suspicious. And they can choose to do this as selectively as they want.
Generally other individuals don't have access to things like IP addresses. And while those don't correlate to a person, it doesn't stop the government from treating it like it does and forcing you to fight it out in court.
