That’s the “American and legal” version of free speech. Was there. No free speech before they wrote the constitution ?
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dmonzel@lemmy.world 9 months ago- “Free speech” refers to the government, not private companies.
- There is some speech that has no place in the public square. Hate speech, threats, and harmful conspiracies, as examples.
glad_cat@lemmy.sdf.org 9 months ago
SheeEttin@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Correct, there was not. For example, see the case of Zenger and the New York Weekly Journal.
Even today, the UK does not have the same freedom of speech as the US. For example: independent.co.uk/…/abolish-the-monarchy-proteste…
JasSmith@kbin.social 9 months ago
You’re confusing the U.S. Constitution with free speech. The Constitution only prospects some kinds of free speech, and only for American citizens. I’m not American. Most people are not America. Surely you realise there are many others countries out there, and other kinds of speech?
You say “harmful” speech has not place in the public square. Who adjudicates that? Right now it’s Elon Musk. Are you really happy with that?
thisisawayoflife@lemmy.world 9 months ago
What government purchased X? Surely you’re mistaking that with a private entity purchasing it. No part of X is public, it is and has always been a private site with membership requirements.
dmonzel@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Again, "free speech* doesn’t apply to what companies allow on their platforms.
I listed examples of harmful speech, literally one sentence after the phrase “harmful speech”.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 9 months ago
The constitution is there to protect us from the government. Other laws are there to protect us from each other.