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It’s a speech issue and the ability for private companies to exercise their own moderation is the free speech position. A government forcing private companies
by gonehome 5y ago
It’s a speech issue and the ability for private companies to exercise their own moderation is the free speech position.
A government forcing private companies to implement policies around speech is a violation of their speech.
My take on this is more nuanced and I think private companies wielding speech restriction is high risk, but people saying the government should step in are wrong imo.
https://zalberico.com/essay/2020/06/16/mark-zuckerberg-and-free-speech.html https://zalberico.com/essay/2020/06/16/mark-zuckerberg-and-f...
- mwattsun 5y agoAnother aspect is that companies like Twitter or Meta have legal exposure in various jurisdictions around the world. The libel laws in the UK are different than that those in the US, etc... They're responsibility for what is on their sites is an ongoing question. They have to have the ability to moderate their sites to comply with local laws, or they have to be excused from liability.