Taylor Lorenz
From France to Brazil, more democracies are turning against online speech. Twitter used to defend its users in cases like these — but that’s increasingly not the case as the company has sought to restrict free speech under Musk https://www.platformer.news/p/the-democracies-turning-against-online #twitter #tech #elonmusk #technology #twitterexodus
The democracies turning against online speech

New laws in Europe and Brazil threaten to knock social platforms offline

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Jul 26, 2023 at 1:05amMastodon for iOS
Show threadnonlinearJul 26, 2023

@taylorlorenz Brazil always had anti-hate speech laws. They're just enforcing on social media too, after the onslaught of disinformation coming from these platforms.

Brazil, like Europe, doesn't follow American First Amendment, and both understand speech can be violent too.

But don't be sad, it was mostly bots posting disinfo.

Show threadDennis JacksonJul 26, 2023
@nonlinear @taylorlorenz Yeah I’m not offended by what Brazil is doing.
Show threadLeRocJul 26, 2023
@taylorlorenz They're not turning against online speech. That's a weird US-centric way to phrase it.
Show threadFebraJul 26, 2023
@taylorlorenz Germany has anti hate speech laws, laws against nazi glorification, and holocaust denial. I have absolutely nothing against these laws and fully welcome companies that apply them. At the same time, I do not respect the companies that selectively apply these laws just to push their own agenda (see birdsite banning some speech in India but refusing to ban nazi glorification in Germany).