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I think you are wrong it saying that there doesn’t exist an avenue to excercise free speech on the internet. The internet in and of itself is arguably the best
by mikeg8 6y ago
I think you are wrong it saying that there doesn’t exist an avenue to excercise free speech on the internet. The internet in and of itself is arguably the best tool ever developed for expression of free speech. It’s the distribution to a mass audience that becomes tricky, but any and every media/medium before the internet had the same challenges to the individual.
- missosoup 6y agoOn today's modern internet, you can express just about anything you want. The issue is that if you express 'wrongthink', then the 99.9% of platforms will prevent your idea from spreading, even if it would have otherwise spread or become popular. This is how censorship has changed form. It's no longer about stopping someone form saying something, it's about preventing certain views/ideas from ever being allowed to spread or become viral or reach a wide audience. Twitter is notorious for soft-censoring posts, where only connections 1-2 hops away from the author can see them, and then they don't exist. Those posts, no matter how much they resonate with people, can never spread to a large audience. If we backport it to the real world, it's a bit like saying, sure we still have freedom of speech. You are welcome to go and say anything you want inside this soundproof box with room for only 1 person.