• Devolution@lemmy.world
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    15 days ago

    I’m conflicted. On one hand, I’m American and believe in free speech. On the other hand, I want assholes to be held accountable for lying.

    So conflicted.

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      15 days ago

      America is already censoring free speech indirectly. Censorship from platforms. Shadowbans. Now even directly arresting and deporting it.

      But look at Julian Assagne or Edward Snowden to see the myth of free speech.

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      14 days ago

      The solution is to aggressively regulate the platforms, not the people posting. Saying dumb shit like “drink horse dewormer” is free speech; providing a platform to push that awful advice to millions of people is not a protected right.