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I had to make sure I wasn't reading The Onion. Why does Craigslist think they're the new authority on what free speech we are and aren't allowed to express? Th
by Mintz 17y ago
I had to make sure I wasn't reading The Onion. Why does Craigslist think they're the new authority on what free speech we are and aren't allowed to express?
The correlation between the crazy medical student and Craigslist does not imply causation, the same way keeping guns from a murderer won't stop him from using a knife.
- icey 17y agoWhat does Craigslist's removal of a section on their site have to do with your right to free speech? (Hint: The answer is absolutely nothing.) Why should they expose themselves to liability unnecessarily?
- hachiya 17y agoNot everyone is aware that the First Amendment, like all the Amendments, apply to government. It prevents the government from restricting our speech, and does not dictate what kind of ads a private enterprise may choose to allow.
- azgolfer 17y agoAds are not speech, there are many restrictions on ads.
- icey 17y agoExcept the government didn't dictate anything in this case. Craigslist made this decision on their own at the _request_ of various law enforcement agencies. There will still be an adult section on Craigslist, it will just be moderated by CL staff and will no longer allow explicit images. Not much is really changing here; and there certainly isn't an infringement of anyone's rights.
- tokenadult 17y agoYou express the free speech you want to express by paying for your own server time.