Comment on Steam is 'an unsafe place for teens and young adults': US senator warns Gabe Newell of 'more intense scrutiny' from the government if Valve doesn't take action against extremist content

schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Kecessa@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  First amendment is for public spaces, a forum owned by a private comment isn’t a public space.

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  • CosmoNova@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It’s a public space in Europe for sure. No idea why the US would think openly accessible forums are a private little backroom where rules don’t apply.

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    • Blazingtransfem98@discuss.online ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Privately owned company.

      Another thing, the first amendment doesn’t protect against violent or criminal speech, like terrorist threats/advocacy, threats towards individuals (bodily harm, sexual assault, murder, etc.) things which there is no shortage of anyway on Steam and they have every right to force the platform to moderate this, on the count of it being against the law.

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    • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      No it’s not a public space.

      Public space would be a place like a national park or the sidewalk. These forums are owned and operated by a private company, they’re private spaces and can be moderated however the company sees fit. Same thing for Twitter or Facebook or Lemmy.

      A senator has the right to tell them that they need to do a better job at moderating their platform if there’s reasons to believe they’re letting people threaten violence or incite criminal activity.

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      • CosmoNova@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Alright that’s still a weird ruling to someone outside America though because something like a shopping mall or a parking lot are public spaces here too as well as anything that is openly visible on the internet. Which makes a lot of sense.

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  • schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    A US Senator is part of the government.

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    • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      So? He doesn’t have to protect free speech on a private platform

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• spujb@lemmy.cafe ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  on occasion one logs into the internet only to be confronted with the darnedest things said with such confidence

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