So, what should be done - if anything - about spreading violent rhetoric? [View all]

[Novara]

I heard an interesting discussion today regarding the violent threats being regularly discussed and spread over all sorts of social media platforms. And it isn't all just talk - some of this gets acted on. The violent garbage Mango Mussolini spreads has become the way the right speaks. They've picked it up.

The magistrate judge who signed the search warrant has been doxxed with threats to his life, his family's lives, and there has been talk of hurting his children. The synagogue he attends can't have services because of threats (some religious freedom, eh?).

So yeah, the 1st Amendment gives us freedom of speech. But does it protect threats? The SCOTUS ruled that yelling "Fire!" in a crowded theater isn't protected speech. Should violent threats be protected?

Do social media platforms have an obligation to tamp it down?

Thoughts?