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So that one private entity can tell another that they are talking out of their hat, and show them the door. You have a right to free speech. You don’t have a r
by inopinatus 6y ago
So that one private entity can tell another that they are talking out of their hat, and show them the door.
You have a right to free speech. You don’t have a right to force everyone to listen. What a fucking awful world that would be.
- TameAntelope 6y agoMy initial reaction is to agree with you re: "fucking awful world", but I wanted to explore that a bit more. Would it actually be terrible if we had to allow people space to say what they want on a digital platform? What would the side effects be of not being able to remove people from your store because they're behaving in a way you don't like? What if YouTube could not, legally, remove content that was "abusive" or "hateful"? (Again, not saying I think this is how things should be, just trying to entertain the idea a bit.)
- inopinatus 6y agoThis needn't be posed as a hypothetical. There are places, both in the Internet zoo and in the real world, where you can go and look to see what this becomes.