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Facebook "like" not protected by first amendment, judge rules

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quixotic
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wow. all hope for humanity is gone.




May 6 2012 3:00PM
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AlwaysDisagrees
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Judge is a retard. A lot of them are.
May 6 2012 3:06PM
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Tinga
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i hope it's appealed. finally we can get some precedents to protect employers from being super nosey.
May 6 2012 3:10PM
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caucasian_chad
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Well that's the dumbest thing I ever read. Does the judge even know what facebook is? All interwebz activity should be covered under freedom of the press, since the Internet is essentially a virtual electronic printing press when you think about it.
May 6 2012 3:18PM
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Big_Spence
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"Instead, Jackson decided that clicking the “like” button does not count as expressive speech, and therefore is not protected by the constitution."

wut. you have got to be kitten me.
May 6 2012 3:26PM
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.Jacob
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May 6 2012 3:36PM
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cubber
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If that judge got hit by a bus, I would most definitely like it
May 6 2012 5:01PM
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hot.pocket
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I would like that you liked it
May 6 2012 5:07PM
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tBatt
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May 6 2012 5:26PM
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cubber
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and we'd be bent over in prison soon after, getting our like buttons pushed while holding hands and crying
May 6 2012 5:27PM
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