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That people I respect who used to be free speech advocates now are talking about "low value" speech etc. Check out the quote from Daniel Solove: “the law is ha
by jdp23 16y ago
That people I respect who used to be free speech advocates now are talking about "low value" speech etc. Check out the quote from Daniel Solove: “the law is hampered because it overprotects free speech.”
- tptacek 16y agoDo you really think there's no such thing as "low-value speech"? I'm not asking whether you think it's OK to regulate it.
- jdp23 16y agoDifferent levels of speech get different protection (political speech, commercial speech, etc.) but I don't like the term "low-value speech". Who decides the value?
- tptacek 16y agoWhat about categorically low-value speech? Deliberately false and malicious speech?
- jdp23 16y agoDefamatory speech isn't protected. But I still don't think "low-value" is a helpful description. For example take comments on Slashdot or wherever saying "first post" (or "first comment" or whatever). Do they have value? Most would say no. Does that mean they shouldn't be protected?