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Or another trick, just place it in another country and then you don't have to worry about the 1st amendment at all, and no I'm not talking about China. UK or Australia will do just fine.


This is not true at all, and neither is the comment you responded to.

The constitution doesn't apply to a location or a medium, it applies to an actor: the US government (and state/local subdivisions). The US government has to follow it everywhere, and nobody else has to follow it anywhere.


My comment was a bit tongue-in-cheek, as I think the parent was as well.

Americans do tend to run around quoting their first amendment rights like the whole world has them. As you say, it's strictly a US government thing.

While Australia for the most part enjoys free speech, it is not enshrined in the (AU) constitution. The government will occasionally order censorship[1], usually around whistle-blowing, investigations and court cases.

There was a protest in the major Australian papers last year about the erosion of press freedoms[2].

[1]:https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/14/world/australia/australia... [2]: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-50119559




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