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>You can’t drive without a license and identification. It’s not dystopian to suggest that, as a society, we’re at a point where we need to insist on public plac
by MrStonedOne 5y ago
>You can’t drive without a license and identification. It’s not dystopian to suggest that, as a society, we’re at a point where we need to insist on public places on the Internet and personal accountability for speech.
ay yo you got a license for that speech?
ya, no, it is dystopian to suggestion people should have to have a license to speak.
And you will never sell me that speaking on the internet and speaking in the public are different enough to justify it.
social media sites have become the new town square. General public speech has moved from afk to on the internet, you can't just ignore this because its inconvenient to your view point.
The same protections we have for speech in an town square should exist for speech on the virtual town square. ie: only moderated by the courts under protection of the 1st amendment.
I'm not going to accept less.
- politician 5y agoThey’re completely different. On the Internet, no one can grab you by the cuff and arrest you on the spot. On the Internet, you can disappear into a fake profile, a pseudonymous account, and create continue to create chaos. On the Internet, Sybil attacks are a real problem in a way that is completely foreign to speaking on your soapbox in the park. Speech on the Internet is more like a hit-and-run. It’s dangerous foolishness to pretend otherwise. But we agree that this speech should be handled by the government and the courts, and removed from the sham jurisdiction of big tech “terms of use”.