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Liberals tried to warn about this you know. While the illiberal progressives were crowing that corporations should be allowed deny speech to whomever they want
by ThrowawayR2 2y ago
Liberals tried to warn about this you know. While the illiberal progressives were crowing that corporations should be allowed deny speech to whomever they wanted and that "freedom of speech is not freedom from consequences", liberals warned that it would boomerang if societal values shifted in favor of the conservatives or wealthy conservatives gained control of media corporations. Well, now it has happened; this is what they asked for and they're getting it. Turns out that freedom of speech isn't just about the First Amendment after all.
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- kmeisthax 2y agoThe extremist parade of horribles that results from this is laws that mandate private companies host forums for all who ask and social media that is functionally unusable because spam filtering is legally indistinguishable from censorship[0]. What we need isn't mandating that Facebook hand everyone a megaphone. What we need is fire exits: alternatives to Facebook that have migration paths that don't result in us losing all contact with our Facebook friends. The problem with Facebook isn't that they can censor you, it's that they're big enough that you have to care if they do. And for the record, there were progressives saying this, too. Most of what I'm saying in this comment is cribbed from Cory Doctorow. [0] Remember when the GOP sued Google because their campaign e-mails got flagged as spam?