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Retweeting is not free speech. The original tweet is free. Everything after that is leveraged speech. Leveraged by the platform. And the platform is co-responsi
by patagonia 7y ago
Retweeting is not free speech. The original tweet is free. Everything after that is leveraged speech. Leveraged by the platform. And the platform is co-responsible for leveraging speech. If Trump’s (or whoever’s) followers want to subscribe to what he has to say, awesome. But if Twitter (or whatever platform) functions as a megaphone for hate speech, or incitement to violence speech, or dangerous and obvious misinformation speech, it should be held accountable. And if it is being held accountable it should have discretion such that they can behave as a responsible megaphone. I’m all about free speech. But building multi billion dollar echo chambers that can be co-opted with impunity in the name of free speech makes zero legal sense and zero common sense.
- stale2002 7y agoWhat about my individual freedom of expression to repeat what someone else said? If someone else says something first, am I not allowed to repeat it? Like, let's say I heard something in the park. It would be ridiculous for someone to try and stop me from physically saying the same thing that someone else said.
- polynomial 7y agoTo be fair, Jack Dorsey doesn't own your park.
- icebraining 7y agoHow is retweeting any different from quoting someone and linking to the tweet, though? Or is that "leveraged" speech as well?
- jakeogh 7y agoSo... make up a new term, define it as somehow not speech, and attempt to attack free speech with it.