[ExI] 23andME - Company issues: privacy

Adrian Tymes atymes at gmail.com
Sun Oct 19 15:22:05 UTC 2014


On Oct 19, 2014 7:40 AM, "spike" <spike66 at att.net> wrote:
> We have a
> known-corrupt government with a medical bureaucracy (which does not answer
> directly to the voters (and which recently insisted that ebola cannot be
> airborne)) claiming it has broad authority to regulate what an
> internet-based service may tell you, even if that service is run by
> volunteers and charges nothing.
>
> If that isn't first amendment territory, I do not understand the first
> amendment.

That is shouting fire in a crowded theater territory.  The First Amendment
never gave an absolute right to say anything at any time.

Though I do wish they would use this same power to go after those who
spread misinformation about vaccines to the point that vaccine refusal has
become a public health problem in some areas.
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