Comment on An Interview With Jack Dorsey
marathon@lemmy.ca 6 months agothis guy is 100% committed to give nazis a platform, right?
I think you mean — speech you don’t like. Where do you draw the line?
Comment on An Interview With Jack Dorsey
marathon@lemmy.ca 6 months agothis guy is 100% committed to give nazis a platform, right?
I think you mean — speech you don’t like. Where do you draw the line?
Scary_le_Poo@beehaw.org 6 months ago
Well, literal Nazis would be a good start.
marathon@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
The problem is that most of the blocking is simply because people don’t like the speech. This is a huge concern for any liberal democracy. Free speech is a right, and that means speech that one doesn’t necessarily like!
Scary_le_Poo@beehaw.org 6 months ago
No free speech is not a right. Freedom of speech without prosecution from the government is a right.
No one is required to platform your stupid fucking viewpoint.
The 1st amendment ONLY allows you to say what you like and not have the government prosecute you for it. However, there are still limits to speech that cannot be prosecuted.
For example, you can’t yell fire in a crowded theater. You can’t cause a mass panic that results in injuries or death.
A private company has exactly zero obligation to platform your idiotic ramblings.
marathon@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
Not correct. It’s a human right regardless whether you believe it or not. un.org/…/freedom-expression-fundamental-human-rig….
Just because America doesn’t allow free speech on their social applications doesn’t make it right. Pull your head out of your arse. Yelling fire when there isn’t a fire isn’t an example of free speech you moron! We’re talking about political free speech.