Sarah McLaughlinJan 26, 2023
Since his takeover of Twitter, Elon Musk has maintained that by “free speech” he “simply mean[s] that which matches the law." India's latest censorship campaign shows why that's very wrong, both as an understanding of free speech and as a way to run a global platform. https://www.thefire.org/news/censorship-india-exposes-gap-between-free-speech-and-law
Censorship in India exposes the gap between ‘free speech’ and the law

Modi's government has suppressed the release of a BBC documentary chronicling his role in the country's 2002 religious riots that resulted in over a thousand deaths.

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Show threadSarah McLaughlinJan 26, 2023
Also, perceiving free speech as something to do with majority views is wrong at its core. The whole point of free speech is to ensure that minority viewpoints aren't crushed by the majority that wishes to see them silenced. Even if a censorship law did reflect the will of a majority of people, that does not make it pro-free speech somehow.
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