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> I'm so tired of people calling the regulation of hate speech and violent speech on private platforms "censorship." These people are more than free to express
by d1zzy 8y ago
> I'm so tired of people calling the regulation of hate speech and violent speech on private platforms "censorship." These people are more than free to express themselves in any public platform or their own platform. They are not censored in any way.
What exactly is "their own platform"?
If I post to a blog site, that's not my platform and can be censored.
If I host my own blogging software on a kubernetes service that's not my platform and I can be censured (AFAIK all providers have TOS on the type of content allowed and largely reserve the right to remove content for any reason).
If I host my own OS with blogging software on a IaaS provider again I may be shutdown/refused to do business with.
If I host my own hardware, with own OS with blogging software in a colocation datacenter it may also be removed for TOS violation.
Same for simply hosting it on my own computer connected to an ISP, the ISP has TOS for the types of content allowed through their networks.
So how exactly do I setup this (mythical?) "own platform" where I can post anything that I am constitutionally/legally allowed to and how do I make it available over the Internet?
- tombert 8y agoI would say it should stop at the ISP level. ISPs are (or at least should be) a utility, and as a consequence completely non-disciminatory in who they host, similar to how phone lines are run. So, in theory (at least in my perfect world), you could run a server in your basement and host your controversial views there.
- RandomTisk 8y agoNo doubt someone at the founding of the US Constitution had the same ideals of such a perfect world, where criticism of Christianity would only be permitted from their basement.