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"you are free to decide when others can't speak freely" is a bit reductionist considering we're talking about a platform providing the capability for others' sp

by Rusky 9y ago

"you are free to decide when others can't speak freely" is a bit reductionist considering we're talking about a platform providing the capability for others' speech. Other situations that introduce nuance are private spaces, individuals' social media feeds, etc. It's not about "freedom" to restrict others' speech- it's about freedom not to support it or to listen to it.

pizza 9y ago
Fair enough, I see how providing the medium for another person's actions is different than putting yourself in a position of authority over them. That said, there is an argument to be made that a host should not worry that they are partly to blame for, or that their non-intervention suggests tacit approval of, a user's detestable messages - simply because the host just isn't accountable for the user's actions. The solution to not supporting it, imo, is to be explicit about the host's scope of permissions and banned content right up front, before problems occur, because then the responsibility for the user to not do so is recorded. [If the agreement clause is really vague and allows nearly anything, it doesn't change that the user can expect it to be used.] Freedom to not listen to speech is in my opinion just as valid as the freedom to speak; maybe I'd call it the freedom to silence :P [An extreme example of Kant is that, if a murderer asks, you should tell them where the person they say they are going to kill is, instead of lying. The reason goes: right and wrong having nothing to do with morality (universal law) so you can't justify lying to the murderer if you see them as a person who is an end in themselves- rather the lie is a way to pursue a right and wrong based in single situation hypotheticals (whether you should manipulate the murderer to save lives), which means it can't derive its value to you from being universally applicable, from not originating from a categorical truth. The reason although people are worth more than a means, you still can't mislead the murderer so as to protect a valuable life, is that the potential murderer, also an undeniable end in themselves, is the one upon whom the responsibility for the murder should be placed - you are not responsible whether or not the murderer tells the truth that they will kill or if they lie. They are still totally free to choose not to murder the person after you give their location away anyway. Do I think I would act this way? I really don't think so. Another way to resolve it is to keep quiet lol]

by Rusky 9y ago

pizza 9y ago

Fair enough, I see how providing the medium for another person's actions is different than putting yourself in a position of authority over them. That said, there is an argument to be made that a host should not worry that they are partly to blame for, or that their non-intervention suggests tacit approval of, a user's detestable messages - simply because the host just isn't accountable for the user's actions. The solution to not supporting it, imo, is to be explicit about the host's scope of permissions and banned content right up front, before problems occur, because then the responsibility for the user to not do so is recorded. [If the agreement clause is really vague and allows nearly anything, it doesn't change that the user can expect it to be used.] Freedom to not listen to speech is in my opinion just as valid as the freedom to speak; maybe I'd call it the freedom to silence :P [An extreme example of Kant is that, if a murderer asks, you should tell them where the person they say they are going to kill is, instead of lying. The reason goes: right and wrong having nothing to do with morality (universal law) so you can't justify lying to the murderer if you see them as a person who is an end in themselves- rather the lie is a way to pursue a right and wrong based in single situation hypotheticals (whether you should manipulate the murderer to save lives), which means it can't derive its value to you from being universally applicable, from not originating from a categorical truth. The reason although people are worth more than a means, you still can't mislead the murderer so as to protect a valuable life, is that the potential murderer, also an undeniable end in themselves, is the one upon whom the responsibility for the murder should be placed - you are not responsible whether or not the murderer tells the truth that they will kill or if they lie. They are still totally free to choose not to murder the person after you give their location away anyway. Do I think I would act this way? I really don't think so. Another way to resolve it is to keep quiet lol]