[HN Gopher] The distinction between free speech as a legal right...
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The distinction between free speech as a legal right and cultural
value
Author : minding
Score : 17 points
Date : 2022-12-01 22:16 UTC (44 minutes ago)
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| deathanatos wrote:
| And what of freedom of association as a right and cultural value?
| threatofrain wrote:
| This article talks about how advertisers pulling out of Twitter
| contradicts the culture of free speech.
|
| There's freedom of association and then there's "you must buy
| my stuff". If the tension between freedom of association and
| freedom of speech is to be negotiated in any direction, surely
| it's not to the effect of compelling advertisers to buy into
| the Twitter platform.
| mech765 wrote:
| Freedom of association captures the idea of freedom of speech
| better than freedom of speech itself, I think. Private parties
| are (with some number of government constraints) free to pick who
| to work with, who to play with, and who to talk with, and who
| they don't want to do anything with.
| ceejayoz wrote:
| > The popular radio program "On the Media" feared Musk's support
| for free speech would lead to a free-for-all environment rife
| with child pornography. But that's a strawman: child pornography
| is illegal.
|
| This is itself a strawman.
|
| No one thinks Musk will permit it on Twitter. The gutting of the
| moderation teams who tackle it is the concern. An underenforced
| rule is often not a very effective one.
| puffoflogic wrote:
| mikkergp wrote:
| I think it would be the "cultural value" piece
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