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Free speech only applies to the government. A private company has every right to not amplify your message if they don't want to.
by malermeister 5y ago
Free speech only applies to the government. A private company has every right to not amplify your message if they don't want to.
- dragonwriter 5y ago> A private company has every right to not amplify your message if they don't want to. Specifically, the right of private actors to do or not do this as they please is called “free speech”.
- diego 5y agoOf course. What does that have to do with my comment? Spotify wants to carry Joe Rogan, and they also want to carry Neil Young. Neil Young is the one who wants Spotify to choose.
- pumaontheprowl 5y agoNo, the First Amendment only applies to the government. Free speech is a concept that can be applied anywhere.
- xdennis 5y agoYou're confusing free speech with the American first amendment. Free speech is an universal principle, probably best expressed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (which the US signed): > Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers. Notice the part I emphasized.
- prohobo 5y agoI didn't know about this, actually. Nice! I mean that's as clear-cut as it can get, although media might mean format rather than platform, otherwise all moderation is technically a breach of this right: though I suppose if it's in the terms and conditions then all parties must agree to the use of moderation for specific cases.