used to be we had freedom of speech/expression here in the empire but its being removed;

Pro-Trump Twitter power user Douglass Mackey, aka "Ricky Vaughn," was sentenced to 7 months in prison on Wednesday for sharing joke memes on Twitter claiming Democrats could vote for Hillary Clinton by phone in the 2016 election.

From Courthouse News, "Pro-Trump troll sentenced to seven months over Election Day shenanigans":

Douglass Mackey, the man "on trial for memes," was sentenced to seven months in prison Wednesday for his efforts to trick Hillary Clinton voters into staying home on Election Day in 2016.

Mackey was convicted on a single count of conspiring with others to interfere in the 2016 presidential election after he shared from his far-right Twitter account phony advertisements that encouraged Clinton supporters to vote via text message.

"Avoid the line. Vote from home," one meme says. "Text 'Hillary' to 59925."

U.S. District Judge Ann M. Donnelly handed down the sentence, calling the conspiracy "nothing short of an assault on our democracy."........more.........