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But again, who draw the line ? I don't feel threaten by somebody saying that to me on the net. I don't censor it even on my comments. Maybe somebody will feel t
by sametmax 10y ago
But again, who draw the line ? I don't feel threaten by somebody saying that to me on the net. I don't censor it even on my comments. Maybe somebody will feel threaten by something about going to "see what've done with your shitty new restaurant". Are you going to remove that too ?
And are you really sure the sure the line will not be moved after ? Because this is such an opportunity for politics. But also just for any entities with a moral or economic agenda.
And will the censorship be done by humans ? Or will machine will stop a quotation from a book or a movie containing it ?
- gadders 10y agoWell, would threatening to kill someone in the real world be legal? I don't believe so. Or do you think the threat is less credible if given online?
- sametmax 10y agoThat's not the point. The point is that it's a pandora box.
- jasonlotito 10y ago> That's not the point. The point is that it's a pandora box. If it's a "box," then frankly, that box was opened long ago, long before the internet or computers.
- 0x6c6f6c 10y ago`Censorship of hate speech on the internet` was opened long before the internet?
- jasonlotito 10y agoCensorship of hate speech through various mediums. Don't be pedantic.
- st3v3r 10y agoI disagree. Banning threats like that would not have any negative consequences. If anything, it would encourage people to post more, as they no longer have to worry about dealing with that huge mountain of shit, which is incredibly demoralizing and discourages people from posting.
- tehrei 10y agoWell... I personally have been hellbanned at least thrice total on several websites. What led to that? I have no idea. How do I deal with it? I make a new account. Do I change what I post? Well I try to post less controversial opinions. At least that's on my pseudonymous accounts. On my real-life-linked accounts, I'm quite a lot more cautious, since I can't just make a new facebook. So I post once a blue moon and make sure it's as devoid of opinion as possible.
- wnoise 10y agoIn the U.S.? "True threats" are illegal, but that only covers threats that are reasonably believable. > Or do you think the threat is less credible if given online? Do you not?
- gadders 10y agoIt's not happened to me, but yes I would think it less credible. However, I have a wife and daughter that might not.
- gadders 10y agoI think the "true threat" is a good bar, though. It would stop things like the prosecution of a guy here in the UK that joked about blowing up an airport because his girlfriend's flight was delayed.
- soundwave106 10y agoWell, this is politics. I gather that this is largely driven by the European Union... http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-16-1937_en.htm http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-16-1937_en.htm ... so "the line" is basically whatever European Union says is "illegal hate speech" as per this announcement. (The announcement makes it seem that it is largely targeted at terrorism and racism, at least for now). I agree with you, though, in that personally I'm not the biggest fan of "hate speech" laws. They seem like a ripe target for political abuse.
- dsfyu404ed 10y agoOne man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter.
- talmand 10y ago>> They seem like a ripe target for political abuse. What? It is already is in several places around the world.