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Right, that's a contentious area. The extent of jurisdiction of e.g. France over FB seems very nebulous to me. And even then, I'm sure they have a court proces
by cato_the_elder 5y ago
Right, that's a contentious area. The extent of jurisdiction of e.g. France over FB seems very nebulous to me.
And even then, I'm sure they have a court process to determine who's guilty of "hate speech" (or thoughtcrime or whatever), and FB is capable of challenging the cases or complying with the rulings for French residents. I assume blanket prior restraint is frowned upon in freer countries of the world.
There are efforts to pass Draconian laws to limit free expression online though [1].
[1]: e.g. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/18/world/europe/france-internet-hate-speech-regulation.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/18/world/europe/france-inter...