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Free speech doesn't come into it at all. If a government wants to limit your free speech it will do that, no matter the technology. In western society, the def
by bayesian_horse 7y ago
Free speech doesn't come into it at all.
If a government wants to limit your free speech it will do that, no matter the technology. In western society, the defense of free speech has to be done in the open, and through the democratic process.
Lack of end-to-end encryption in Facebook does not affect anybody's free speech rights. Not even in authoritarian countries, because those will just block facebook if they can't crack it or haven't already.
- edoo 7y agoThe government not allowing FB (a legal citizen of the united states) to use encryption is a violation of FBs right to free speech, exactly as if they did it to your grandma's home server.
- bayesian_horse 7y agoNobody is talking about not allowing Facebook to use encryption. In fact, they are explicitly allowed to use it but encouraged not to make it the default setting. Also, privacy must not be confused with free speech. Free speech rights center on public speech, because "private speech" is not amenable to censure. Surveillance and prosecution of of private communication is neither a violation of privacy nor free speech, but rather an issue of authoritarian legislation. Encryption has absolutely nothing to do with free speech as long as you are in a jurisdiction with an actual right to free speech. If you aren't, well, good luck convincing those authorities. Also, a right to free speech does not entail a protection from all consequences of such speech, only from those consequences a government can dish out.