RE: Alex Jones and Infowars gets 'disappeared' - are we headed in the right direction?
August 13, 2018 at 11:45 am
(This post was last modified: August 13, 2018 at 11:58 am by The Grand Nudger.)
Theres the trouble, Cap. We don't actually have any right to free speech "on the internet". No more so than we have some right to free speech in another persons house. The right to free speech is not a right to another's platform. That would be an abrogation of their rights to their property.
I also think that it would be counterproductive to drive lunatic views underground..but banning a pill salesman from social media isn't going to do that. That particular type of lunatic is still so free to speak and so well represented that some of them are serving at the highest levels of our government and use -that- platform to spread bullshit all over the place, lol.
There's been an incredible dilution of the concept of free speech. It's become a proposed right of consequence free speech. A proposed right of platform for speech, and perhaps worst of all..a way to legitimize loons who have no grievance and who shouldn't even be connected to a discussion of free speech. That's before we even get into the whole money-as-speech shit. It's becoming a canard for people who desperately want others to be forced to listen to them..for whatever reason. In Jone's case, it's commercial. The longer people linger in the aisle the more likely they are to buy his merch.
@Jorm, content moderation has always been the norm..before the internet was even invented. Editors have been doing it for centuries.
I also think that it would be counterproductive to drive lunatic views underground..but banning a pill salesman from social media isn't going to do that. That particular type of lunatic is still so free to speak and so well represented that some of them are serving at the highest levels of our government and use -that- platform to spread bullshit all over the place, lol.
There's been an incredible dilution of the concept of free speech. It's become a proposed right of consequence free speech. A proposed right of platform for speech, and perhaps worst of all..a way to legitimize loons who have no grievance and who shouldn't even be connected to a discussion of free speech. That's before we even get into the whole money-as-speech shit. It's becoming a canard for people who desperately want others to be forced to listen to them..for whatever reason. In Jone's case, it's commercial. The longer people linger in the aisle the more likely they are to buy his merch.
@Jorm, content moderation has always been the norm..before the internet was even invented. Editors have been doing it for centuries.
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