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> My view is that, in general, companies should not censor. Free speech is good. This does not line up. A private company "censoring" is actually exercising it
by buttercraft 5y ago
> My view is that, in general, companies should not censor. Free speech is good.
This does not line up. A private company "censoring" is actually exercising its right to free speech. The alternati e is compelled speech. You can't have it both ways.
- jtc331 5y agoThat’s true to a degree except that most of the companies involved have made their position by selling it as a platform that anyone can use and that the content on the platform is explicitly not the speech of the platform provider.
- awb 5y ago> selling it as a platform that anyone can use Every major online platform has a ToS and in this case, Spotify has a contract with Rogan. So, it's not like a public square that anyone can use, it's more like private property with terms and conditions. Maybe people think these platforms are open to anyone because they don't read the user agreements, they just click "agree". > the content on the platform is explicitly not the speech of the platform provider. Sure, kind of like a book store didn't write the books, but they get to choose which ones they want to give you access to.