• mojofrododojo@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    getting hit with national security forced publication holds

    …? that in itself would be news.

    also what the fuck is that supposed to be, really? afaik there’s no national security concerns about an old man being dead.

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      1 month ago

      They don’t have to explain the hold for quite some time. Unless something leaks we wouldn’t know

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          It’s prior restraint, which is commonly mistaken to be illegal. It’s not there’s just a heavy presumption against it and since it’s national security related the court hearings about the subject are usually closed and sealed but the discussion of the governments right to do it aren’t.

          New York Times v US 1971

          There’s also voluntary prior restraint where a publisher decides not to publish because the effects of publication don’t outweigh getting shutdown under the burden of huge legal fees.