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    Free Speech and (Big Tech) Censorship Thread

    Pretty much, they are already putting people in jail for memes. If the courts are already wiping their ass with the first amendment, can at least the ADL get taken down too?
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    Free Speech and (Big Tech) Censorship Thread

    Out of control crime is how you get authoritarianism. The average person doesn't care about ideal laws and freedoms after they get beaten and robbed. They cheer on the jackboots that come. Excessive criminal rights for protected classes and gulags for political enemies is what's going on right...
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    Free Speech and (Big Tech) Censorship Thread

    It works fine in theory, but has little in the way of countermeasures for deliberate bad actors. In my view too much insistence on rights is like too much insistence on safety. It makes the system unworkable and makes people chop at them until it works again. Countries have proven willing to...
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    Free Speech and (Big Tech) Censorship Thread

    Stereotypical libertarian stance, maximum rights for criminals, zero rights or recourse for the victims. "Why don't the victims of a massively funded and organized sociopolitical attack machine just fight back, it's just words yo. We need to give both sides maximum freedoms." I for one am...
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    Free Speech and (Big Tech) Censorship Thread

    The problem is that people want a free lunch. The water company isn’t allowed to cut off convicts and sex offenders. It sells them water same as everyone else. The fact that FB extracts money in different ways then simply billing you should not change that dynamic. Likewise, the letting...
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    Free Speech and (Big Tech) Censorship Thread

    Right and there is a reasonable amount of leeway given for stuff like that. Just because a small amount of questionable content exists that they haven’t removed yet does not mean that they are not a publisher. I mean have you read the terms and conditions for posting on forums? One of them is...
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    Free Speech and (Big Tech) Censorship Thread

    You’re still not understanding the distinction between the two types of services. With a publisher like a newspaper or a site like SB they hold all authority over what gets posted or printed. Anything they don’t like goes away it’s little to no recourse. In return for that they are liable for...
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