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Free speech in the first amendment sense means that Government will not regulate speech. Any speech is not free speech merely by matching law of the land. This
by nafey 4y ago
Free speech in the first amendment sense means that Government will not regulate speech. Any speech is not free speech merely by matching law of the land. This is an unserious standard. It means every brutal authoritarian regime including North Korea has free speech. By this definition we end up conflating censorship with free speech.
Ultimately, the conception of free speech is rooted outside of legal standards and closely related to universal human rights.
- dmix 4y agoIt's not censored in America though. They are following Indian censorship laws for Indian IP addresses. Not sure if that's the hill they went to die on, but sure there's an argument they should try anyway. Google tried to resist the Chinese gov early on then shut down the entire service there when that became infeasible (which went well beyond taking down a couple links). Twitter probably has a long existing framework in place with each region legal system and the degrees to which they will listen to it. And India isn't exactly a North Korean type dictatorship where companies would normally disregard their demands out-right. Maybe this will bring attention to that issue. I'm happy people are holding Elon Musk to account on free speech, even when most people are just doing just to spite him.