What can't you say in your blog?
I know there is supposed to be freedom of speech in the United States but in fact it is more regulated than in other countries. What is deemed "offensive" is not protected speech. So, since everything is offensive to somebody, then the type of speech that gets protected is the speech that is politically correct. For ex. women can say degrading things about men, or it is ok to degrade white men from the south, but if the situation were reversed then it would be deemed 'hate speech' by American hypocrites.
And so, it is safe to say that there is not true free speech in the US. Fair enough?
I see a lot of people attacking public figures on their blogs but I don't see a lot of people saying things like...my ex-girlfriend Heather Leiberman(specific name) is a ****, and here is a photo her having sex with my best friend Mike Hayes, and so I am going to post it online and send a link to here parents. This is a made up example.
What can't you say in your blog?
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There is nothing you "can't" say - there are, however, things that you can say that will get you into legal trouble.
The laundry list of that isn't so long, and it's pretty obvious.
You can't post defamatory content without risking lawsuit.
You can't incite riot or the violent overthrow of the government (although you can complain about the government, seek to convinvce others to work to change the government, etc.)
You can't engage in illegal activities such as distributing unlawful products.
Other than the above there are few, if any limits. And, in my view, that's a pretty good system.
I agree with David B., except I'd add that there are two types of trouble you can get into, criminal and civil.
If you call for the assassination of a public official, you can get into criminal trouble.
In addition to David B.'s examples, if you invade someone's right to privacy, you might be successfully sued (civilly) for that.
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