[timsayshey]

I think all censorship should be deplored. My position is that bits are not a bug. That we should create communications technologies that allow people to send whatever they like to each other. And when people put their thumbs on the scale and try to say what can and can't be sent, we should fight back - both politically through protest and technologically through software. - Aaron Swartz

[rchaud]

What is the context for this quote?

Swartz never created a social media platform nor had to make decisions on how to moderate user generated content across millions of users. He made JSTOR articles freely available.

[skynet-9000]

> Swartz never created a social media platform nor had to make decisions on how to moderate user generated content across millions of users.

He is credited as a co-founder of Reddit.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Swartz

[anoonmoose]

Swartz created a company called Infogami "that would help users build websites". That company merged with reddit, which had already raised $100K. Swartz didn't create a social media platform, and he never had to make decisions on how to moderate user generated content across millions of users.

[pnt12]

It seems Gab banned anti-christian messages. So the 'freedom of speech' in this community is pretty much a dogwhistle for'freedom of alt-right speech'.

(Not sure dogwhistle is the right word here, but it's the often case of 'freedom of speech' actually meaning 'freedom of hate speech', like how often 'truth' is used to actually mean 'unscientific conspiracy theories'.)