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“Free speech defenders' position is that speech you don't like should not be fought by censorship, but should instead be fought by speech you do like, which is
by ahoka 2y ago
“Free speech defenders' position is that speech you don't like should not be fought by censorship, but should instead be fought by speech you do like, which is what what they're funding.”
This is where they are wrong. Not doing something you don’t agree with is not censorship, it’s freedom of expression. Publishing things, even when saying they don’t support them is supporting those opinions with extra steps.
- InsideOutSanta 2y ago"Not doing something you don’t agree with is not censorship, it’s freedom of expression" It's both. It's not government censorship, so it's not a free speech issue in the legal sense. But private entities can still censor things, because that is part of their free speech, as you point out. nearlyfreespeech's free speech allows them to either allow or censor other entities' free speech on their platform. As a matter of principle, nearlyfreespeech does not want to censor other entities' free speech. They explain why here: https://www.nearlyfreespeech.net/about/faq#TheLongGame https://www.nearlyfreespeech.net/about/faq#TheLongGame
- xigoi 2y agoNearlyFreeSpeech is a hosting service, not a publisher. They do not (necessarily) endorse the content on the sites they host.