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Did you know that regulators like the FCC frequently apply rules to the communications they regulate?[1] And that they do it based on a public-input formal rule
by ivraatiems 4y ago
Did you know that regulators like the FCC frequently apply rules to the communications they regulate?[1] And that they do it based on a public-input formal rulemaking process?[2]
Phone companies are not exempt.[3][4]
You're essentially arguing against free speech as a concept just so that you get the outcome you want. You aren't going to escape from living in a society that sometimes finds things you're OK with objectionable. It's just a matter of who gets to pull the lever.
I don't honestly understand why Kiwi Farms, of all things, is the thing that's worth saving from this... but even if it were something I personally loved, there's not a way to. You can have the government regulate speech, or you can have society regulate it. There's never going to be a perfect free-for-all, and there shouldn't be.
[1] https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/obscene-indecent-and-profane-broadcasts https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/obscene-indecent-and-pr...
[2] https://www.fcc.gov/about-fcc/rulemaking-process https://www.fcc.gov/about-fcc/rulemaking-process
[3] https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/CFR-2012-title47-vol3/CFR-2012-title47-vol3-part64-subpartB https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/CFR-2012-title47-vol3/CF...
[4] https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/47/223 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/47/223