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If someone was a purported free speech absolutist, then yes that would be censorship. It would be a violation of copyright law, but copyright law and censorship
by fzeroracer 5y ago
If someone was a purported free speech absolutist, then yes that would be censorship. It would be a violation of copyright law, but copyright law and censorship can easily be argued to go hand in hand.
Which is partly why free speech absolutists cannot exist. Eventually, everyone draws a line in the sand. In the case of Elon Musk, that line in the sand seems to move depending on whom does the censoring.
- s1artibartfast 5y agoWho ever said he is an absolutist? I have only seen that claim from critics making a no true Scott's an argument. At a minimum he said he will regulate illegal content.
- fzeroracer 5y agoHe's literally referred to himself as a free speech absolutist [1]. I don't know how much more explicit it can get here. Unless you want to argue that he's a hypocrite and his words have no meaning or something, in which case that's precisely the problem a lot of people have with him and his 'free speech' stance. [1] https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1499976967105433600?s=20&t=_fhxUkSnjC9ZNq_cDaGNVQ https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1499976967105433600?s=20...
- simondotau 5y agoIt could be argued that dissemination of someone else's speech isn't your speech, and thus there's no hypocrisy.