Suresh VenkatasubramanianDec 10, 2022
I am always amazed by the clarity with which @pluralistic eviscerates big tech frames around the internet. This piece is no exception. https://doctorow.medium.com/yes-its-censorship-2026c9edc0fd
Yes, It’s Censorship - Cory Doctorow - Medium

American political discourse is sticky. It gets all over the place and it’s damned hard to dislodge. People in handcuffs all over the world demand their Miranda rights, and people arguing about…

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Show threadDarioDec 10, 2022

@pluralistic @geomblog It’s not that something (let’s say your tweet being removed) isn’t censorship, it’s that IT’S NOT ALSO going against your first amendment rights when it’s a private company saying, no.

This does not include hate speech, which is not protected.

The slippery slope we’re facing is how we’ve allowed a varied definition of what hate speech is.

Show threadCory Doctorow
@dariohudon @geomblog I assure you that there is no First Amendment exception for hate speech.
Dec 10, 2022 at 7:02pmWeb
Show threadDarioDec 10, 2022
@geomblog @pluralistic Oh I am aware, I just like to make that distinction for those stumbling across any comments of mine concerning it.