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Source: Reclaim the Net

Washington just reminded London that the First Amendment isn’t up for negotiation, no matter how far Britain’s censorship laws try to reach.

US Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy Rogers called [the] attempt at international thought-policing “a deal-breaker,” “a non-starter,” and “a red line. In State Department speak, that is basically the equivalent of someone slamming the brakes, looking Britain in the eye, and saying, “You try that again, and there will be consequences.”