It’s not the French government issuing the fine, it’s the Australian, where the company is hosted. They probably should have hosted themselves in the US and hid behind the first amendment
Believe it or not, prolonged physical and mental torture is not speech, a religion, a function of the press, an assembly, or a petition. You could probably get some of the physical violence covered by the Second Amendment though, if you have a gun and just do a little of the South Park “he’s coming right for us” thing.
It’s not the French government issuing the fine, it’s the Australian, where the company is hosted. They probably should have hosted themselves in the US and hid behind the first amendment
Believe it or not, prolonged physical and mental torture is not speech, a religion, a function of the press, an assembly, or a petition. You could probably get some of the physical violence covered by the Second Amendment though, if you have a gun and just do a little of the South Park “he’s coming right for us” thing.
I’m not exactly a US constitutional lawyer, but I’m willing to bet that snuff films aren’t protected by the First Amendment.