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Free speech means freedom from censorship. And from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship > Censorship is the suppr

Free speech means freedom from censorship. And from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship > Censorship is the suppression of speech, public communication, or other information, on the basis that such material is considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, or "inconvenient". Censorship can be conducted by a government, private institutions, and corporations. From Merriam-Webster (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/censorship https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/censorship), where there is no mention of 'censorship' being a government-specific concept: > the institution, system, or practice of censoring From Oxford (https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/censorship https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/censorship), where again there is no mention of 'censorship' being a government-specific concept: > The suppression or prohibition of any parts of books, films, news, etc. that are considered obscene, politically unacceptable, or a threat to security.

stronglikedan 8y ago
> Free speech means freedom from censorship. As I understand it, it means freedom only from prosecution, but not persecution or censorship. I agree with GP in that this is their platform and their rules.
JakeTheAndroid 8y ago
If you take all of this out of context, sure I see where you are coming from. But in context this is simply being pedantic. Facebook is a US based company. When talking about Freedom of Speech in America, it's almost exclusively used to refer to the Constitutional protections around Freedom of Speech, as that is the only codified Free Speech parameters for the country at large. So in context, OP would be saying that they are near absolutist on Freedom of Speech as it relates to the Constitution. I don't know many people that would interpret Freedom of Speech as a more generalized concept unless it was defined before hand.

stronglikedan 8y ago

> Free speech means freedom from censorship. As I understand it, it means freedom only from prosecution, but not persecution or censorship. I agree with GP in that this is their platform and their rules.

JakeTheAndroid 8y ago

If you take all of this out of context, sure I see where you are coming from. But in context this is simply being pedantic. Facebook is a US based company. When talking about Freedom of Speech in America, it's almost exclusively used to refer to the Constitutional protections around Freedom of Speech, as that is the only codified Free Speech parameters for the country at large. So in context, OP would be saying that they are near absolutist on Freedom of Speech as it relates to the Constitution. I don't know many people that would interpret Freedom of Speech as a more generalized concept unless it was defined before hand.