What is the current state of the law on censorship and punishment for critical comments on social media?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Chase C. (In re Chase C.), 196 Cal.Rptr.3d 381, 243 Cal.App.4th 107 (Cal. App. 2015):
2 While an individual's critical comments may be provocative and challenging, they are "nevertheless protected against censorship or punishment, unless shown likely to produce a clear and present danger of a serious substantive evil that rises far above public inconvenience, annoyance, or unrest." (Terminiello v. City of Chicago (1949) 337 U.S. 1, 4, 69 S.Ct. 894, 93 L.Ed. 1131.)
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