Comment on Is it possible to have a "free speech" platform that simultaneously stops "hate speech"?
surph_ninja@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoThey absolutely do. One of the best ways to get a community banned on these platforms is to get the rules as ambiguous as you can, and then flood the community with bots breaking the rules.
masterspace@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
It’s Twitter, there are no communities, what are you talking about?
surph_ninja@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Speaking broadly about social media.
masterspace@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
At the societal level with hate speech laws you can’t use bots though. You’re going to have to waste the courts time by wasting real people’s time dragging them in front of judges for protest actions. Eventually the courts will just make it a fine that police can quickly issue.
surph_ninja@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Sure you can. These bots are called “lawyers.” Zionists and Scientologists being extreme examples of abusing the courts and ambiguous laws to produce similar results.