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>> the kind of free speech enshrined in the U.S. Constitution > The Constitutional guarantee of free speech mandates the behavior of the government to not inte
by will4274 9y ago
>> the kind of free speech enshrined in the U.S. Constitution
> The Constitutional guarantee of free speech mandates the behavior of the government to not interfere with the rights of private actors
Free speech is an ethical concept that is (imo) fundamental to open societies. The US Constitution enshrines this ethical ideal by creating a prohibition against government interference in free speech. GP is lamenting that major corporations do not seem interested in the ethical ideal, not claiming that the codification of the ethical ideal found in the US Constitution requires major corporations to permit certain types of speech on their platform.
- sanderjd 9y agoI think it is an oversimplification to say that free speech is a general ethical ideal. As with many things, the Constitution is attempting to strike a balance. The check on restriction of speech is the prohibition of the government to restrict speech, but there is an opposite check as well: private entities are permitted to restrict speech. In the most extreme case, this means people can determine for themselves what is discussed in their own homes. There is a lot of tricky gray area between private homes and the public square.