Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoIt’s not censorship to stop hateful online content, insists UN rights chiefnews.un.orgexternal-linkmessage-square323fedilinkarrow-up1779arrow-down136
arrow-up1743arrow-down1external-linkIt’s not censorship to stop hateful online content, insists UN rights chiefnews.un.orgSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square323fedilink
minus-squareexu@feditown.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·2 months agoYour first amendment protects you from the government. It does not protect you from actions taken by companies or other people based on your speech.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoExactly. I can say disgusting things all I want in public, and I can absolutely be shut down on private platforms like SM for saying the exact thing without there being a violation of free speech.
minus-squareDrewski@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months agoWhen government is coercing companies to censor information it is censorship, and a violation of the 1st Amendment.
minus-squareLengAwaits@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agoI guess that primarily depends on whether or not you understand the definition of coercion. What do we call it when companies coerce government into enacting policy that’s detrimental to the general welfare of the country?
Your first amendment protects you from the government. It does not protect you from actions taken by companies or other people based on your speech.
Exactly. I can say disgusting things all I want in public, and I can absolutely be shut down on private platforms like SM for saying the exact thing without there being a violation of free speech.
When government is coercing companies to censor information it is censorship, and a violation of the 1st Amendment.
I guess that primarily depends on whether or not you understand the definition of coercion.
What do we call it when companies coerce government into enacting policy that’s detrimental to the general welfare of the country?