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Does the truth matter? In certain contexts, harmful lies can be fraud, defamation, or perjury. It's reasonable for a social media company to have a policy tha
by Pxtl 1y ago
Does the truth matter?
In certain contexts, harmful lies can be fraud, defamation, or perjury. It's reasonable for a social media company to have a policy that harmful lies are bad for their site, while still otherwise supporting free speech.
Trump claiming the election was stolen, vaccine disinfo - these are lies, and they're very destructive.
Meanwhile, the takedowns that are happening today are people being punished for stating the truth.
- libraryatnight 1y agoIt's also striking to me that these folks cried hard about free speech when being deplatformed for harmful lies, but they're revoking visas for people who didn't show proper remorse for a conservative podcasters murder. Everything this administration and its supporters do is in bad faith. It's exasperating.