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by passivate
1478 days ago
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It should be possible in any western system of law to defend content containing provably true statements (IANAL!). >The thesis that it's ok that we simply not give humanity places to speak & share is ghastly. That goes against today's mainstream ideal of de-platforming people who say provably false (allegedly) things against minorities, women, LGBTQ communities, etc. The logic there is Platform X is a private business and they can kick out anyone they want. |
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> That goes against today's mainstream ideal of de-platforming people who say provably false
Two things, first, there's a difference between (almost) no one being able to speak online & most everyone except those who social pressures have massively turned against. Even if we did fully kick people off the internet, the scale seems to be less than 1-in-a-million problematic segments of humanity to people who do more or less fine. The main discussion to me isnt the unpallatable ones- it's the 99.999999% case, it's what's generally available before you fuck up & piss society off, brcome too hot to handle. Tbis horseshit about anyone having to host content having to be a publisher is an actual mortal threat to whether humanity (generally) is allowed a voice & to share & express themselves. The minor exceptional case you discuss wouldnt be a case at all without there being an ability to speak, which Australia g the "publishers" brigade of shouters threatens.
Second, I continue to argue even the deplatformed have enormous & vast powers to present themselves online. Their personage may not be welcome on various vast platforms- but if they set up a website, a weblog, or whatnot, usually that content can be shared. Even that is more than these people necessarily ought receieve, is businesses performing services for them for free. Even if the platform blocks your site entirely, you still have a site. People can freely of their own will type in your domain name & go there. They can use other sites to link to you. Communications capabilities are fantastically cheap, just epically low cost, from hardware (purchased or rented) to software (free in many cases). The deplatformed have tried to band together & erect their own platforms time and time again, and no one stops them, no one prevents that. They fail all on their own, have yet to arise to become places of vitality & noteability.