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by olivermarks 2799 days ago
Essence of article IMO "If democratic countries make tech firms impose limits on free speech, so will autocratic ones"

Free speech is what defines a democratic country.

Terms like 'Hate Speech', 'Fake News' are buzz phrase distractions that get in the way of the core of this reality. We already have a legal system in place that defines libel, threats etc. We don't need a new layer of corporate jurisdiction over our ability to speak online or monitoring what we can or can't say