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Again you are focused on the legal argument that no one is making Yes they have the legal ability to moderate content under current law. However that does not
by syshum 6y ago
Again you are focused on the legal argument that no one is making
Yes they have the legal ability to moderate content under current law. However that does not mean they are beyond criticism, just because they can do something does not mean the SHOULD do something, and if they do everyone has the equal right to voice their displeasure with said action
>>Does that not count as freedom of expression?
No I do not believe that moderation is "speech" that is dangerously close to the "silence is racist" mantra we are hearing in the wider society. Silence / lack of moderation is not speech, nor is it "endorsement" or anything else
Simliarly defense of the concept of free expression is not an endorsement of the speech being defended. Society it seems have lost the axiom of "I disagree with what you say but will defend your right to say it"
Today you and many others take the approach of "I disagree with what you say so I will pressure platforms to prevent you from saying it"
That is the danger in society, because before too long either you (and people that think like you) or the platforms will push for government limit speech.. As I said in another comment, the Law is simply a reflection of the society, it just takes the law awhile to catch up.
There are still enough of us that do respect free expression to hold off legal changes, but we diminish in numbers every year which to you I am sure is a good thing.
The problem is we are playing chess looking 5 moves ahead and seeing the logical conclusion, where cancel culture people (like yourself) are playing checkers and only looking 1 move ahead
I want to pressure the platforms to uphold free expression as an ideal. you want to destroy that.
- stillbourne 6y ago> Again you are focused on the legal argument that no one is making. It absolutely is a legal argument. Furthermore it is an argument that has been ruled on by the courts. Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier, 484 U.S. 260 (1988) basically states the first amendment did not protect the students from printing articles in the school newspaper over the objections of the school administration. That means that as the operator of a platform I as the operator am entitled to my freedom of speech and that as the operator I am allowed to moderate what I want to publish as content. That is a legal fact. Any individual or organization that advocates a message contrary to my views is not entitled to use my platform to spread their message. It's funny how universal toleration advocates don't see that they are the ones that are quashing the free speech of the owner of a platform. Likewise it seems to me that most the universal toleration advocates also usually promote free market principals so why not the let the free market settle this? Don't like that you got deplatformed? Build your own platform. You are entitled to do that. Then on your platform you can advocate as much hate speech as you want.