Policy opinion: am i going to suppress the freedom of speech if i ban religion topics and porn on my instance?

Submitted ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨jay91@lemmy.ml⁩ to ⁨asklemmy@lemmy.ml⁩

At least for me its very difficult to make the line between preventing hate speech and allowing the freedom. I'm thinking to launch a lemmy instance, but the targeted audience is very sensitive to religion topics, and i'm sure if i allow it, this could lead hate to speech at some point and may fuel violence. Also, from my prospective, i just want my audience find new good things far from porn, porn sites are a lot, and i don`t want to mix it with other topics that can very constructive.

So please tell me your opinion, if banning these 2 topics can effect the freedom of speech.

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MerchantsOfMisery@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago
I think "suppress the freedom of speech" is a sort of clumsily applied term here. What you're trying to implement are effective house rules and I really don't see anything wrong with that. Without simple rules like that, people could just hop into your space and be abusive assholes then claim "FrEe SpeEcH". I'd say go right ahead and do what makes you feel comfortable.

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realcaseyrollins ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago
I think it's healthier to ask not of a policy affects free speech, but whether or not the rules you're considering are going to foster the kind of community that you want to have. Free speech sites already exist, Lemmy has wolfballs.com. Catering to "free speech" means you won't be able to serve users who don't want that, and those who do can join sites that already provide that platform.

But to answer your actual question, banning religion will suppress free speech on your instance, banning porn will not. Porn isn't speech.