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Tenn. law bans posting images that "cause emotional distress" (arstechnica.com)
25 points by taylorbuley on June 8, 2011 | hide | past | favorite | 13 comments


I seriously wonder how they planned to enforce this, how long it will take the supreme court to throw it out, and whether this is really just a stalking horse for the EFF.


I wonder how many hospitals Tennessee could have built with the oncoming legal fees.


As someone who strongly values my First Amendment rights, an image of this statue would certainly cause me emotional distress.


*statute


Utterly unintentional and somewhat hilarious misspelling on my part, especially since I used to work for a startup that made a statute search engine.


Don't be so insensitive. Your rights end where my feelings begin.


I expect that an argument could be made that this applies to videos as well - they're just moving images, after all. So Tennessee has (accidentally?) banned the distribution of horror movies via the internet.


Did they seriously just try to ban trolling? Is this a jab at 4chan?


the intention was prolly a good one.

i hate people tagging me in pictures on facebook. i'm pretty sure facebook keeps the tags in its database even if you untag them.


It will be interesting to see what happens if someone posts a picture of a clown and someone with Coulrophobia sees it and makes a complaint.


Yes, this will stand up in court (extreme sarcasm).


Does anyone else want to send the most offensive things they can find to the TN legislature and governor? I have a lot of ideas...


an image of the phrase God does not exist..




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