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Is the government doing this, or is Facebook doing this? Free Speech is only a concern when it's the state, not when it's a private entity, no matter how much
by x86_64Ubuntu 6y ago
Is the government doing this, or is Facebook doing this? Free Speech is only a concern when it's the state, not when it's a private entity, no matter how much HN tries to conflate the two.
- ben_w 6y ago> Free Speech is only a concern when it's the state, not when it's a private entity Why? Even though FB cannot literally muzzle me, it is explicitly trying to be the singular point of online social interaction in an increasingly digital world. To the extent that it is successful, its decisions on what content is and is not acceptable affect us all, far more strongly than any government censor, regardless of how right or wrong are its determinations.
- x86_64Ubuntu 6y agoNo one is buying the argument that because of FB's size, hate speech should be vigorously defended on it's platform.
- ben_w 6y agoIncluding me. What did you think I was saying? Clearly I need to communicate better.