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The reality is that not all people should be able to vote, and not all people should be able to speak publicly. Of course the challenge is in deciding who is w
by z9znz 4y ago
The reality is that not all people should be able to vote, and not all people should be able to speak publicly.
Of course the challenge is in deciding who is worthy of each.
The new problem because of the internet is that critical masses of people who arguably should not be able to speak publicly are now able to. Worse, they can do it anonymously.
Threats, slander, and harassment are often illegal and always undesirable. Platform providers enable these things. So ultimately if people want freedom to speak publicly, then they must be personally identifiable (so they can be held accountable for illegal forms of speech)… or the platform providers must attempt to police the content. It has to be one or the other.