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The only thing that the constitutional right to freedom of speech guarantees is that the government cannot arrest you for what you say. It doesn’t give you the
by oliveshell 7y ago
The only thing that the constitutional right to freedom of speech guarantees is that the government cannot arrest you for what you say.
It doesn’t give you the right to continue using someone’s platform as a megaphone if they decide you’re an asshole.
Being banned from Facebook doesn’t mean that these people no longer have the right or ability to spread their message. They can use another platform, or make (or host!) their own website, or print and distribute literature, or go stand on a street corner with an actual megaphone.
Facebook is not the government, and— agree with it or not— they can decide who uses their platform and how.
(For the record, I’m not a fan of Facebook.)
- Simulacra 7y agoMy apologies, perhaps I was not clear in my previous statement. I recognize that this is a private corporation, hence why I said in my last sentence that Facebook should support freedom of speech, not freedom from speech, which I meant as on their platform.
- im3w1l 7y agoThese platforms were commanded by official government bodies to censor. The house homeland security committee wrote an open letter to Facebook, Youtube, Twitter and Microsoft after the Christchurch attack > Your companies must respond to these toxic and violent ideologies with resources and attention. Now Milo is being kicked out. Now Infowars is being kicked out. It's a clear act of government censorship. Why do you think they wrote to all big platforms at once? Because they want to completely shut the information down. They want to eliminate the possibility of going elsewhere. They want to eliminate choice completely. They want to eliminate this speech.