[DeepSeaTortoise]

Pew Research has looked into various places that proclaimed themselves as "free speech platforms" and found that only "Gab" doesn't censor its users (beyond their content policy).

As anyone could guess, the result is ... edgy.

[rsynnott]

> and found that only "Gab" doesn't censor its users (beyond their content policy).

... Wait, what does that mean? They don't censor, except for the censorship?

[jakewins]

If your definition of “censorship free” is “not allowed to remove CP and similar content that comes with criminal liability for the site owner”, then yeah they do “censor” things.

What people normally mean when they say “free speech” is in the US first amendment sense, not in the “you can post videos of horrible crimes you’ve committed” sense.

Gabs content policy is pretty short and basically just says this. No CP and other criminal content, anything protected by first amendment is ok.

[prometheus76]

Their content policy is basically don't say anything illegal (inciting violence, etc.) and no porn. Their stance is that porn images are not speech.

[ta1243]

Illegal in what jurisdiction?

Free speech conversations tend to devolve very quickly into americentrism, which is fine until those with mass power try to impose their specific views on other countries.

[petesergeant]

> Free speech conversations tend to devolve very quickly into americentrism

In fairness, the US has about the strongest free-speech protections, so that kind of makes sense?

[ta1243]

America has the best version of the American view of free speech, that's true.

[petesergeant]

Best seems a stretch, they certainly have some of the strongest though.