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The same reason why it's bad to ban free speech on major platforms like Twitter....
by Ptchd 4y ago
The same reason why it's bad to ban free speech on major platforms like Twitter....
- imnotjames 4y agoBy banishment of free speech, you mean the right of a private entity to decline to host content that they seem to not be a fit with their ideals and brand? I don't think this is a freedom of speech issue. Instead, it's an issue that the private operators (codeberg & sourcehut) are looking to apply their own freedom of speech to take a stance against projects that have a high case of fraud. You see the same thing from Stripe[1]: they ban similarity predatory systems from using their services & tarnishing their brand. [1]: https://stripe.com/legal/restricted-businesses https://stripe.com/legal/restricted-businesses
- Ptchd 4y ago> I don't think this is a freedom of speech issue. it is, when the platform is so huge and are controlled by the government behind the curtains... Doesn't surprise me that people on HN are pro-Biden when I hear stuff like this....
- imnotjames 4y agoI'm sorry, what? Controlled by the government "behind the curtains"? You might want to take a step back and evaluate that thought process. Private entities are not violating freedom of speech as a legal construct and as an issue of an ideological construct - isn't it violating the private entities freedom of speech when they're being forced to host speech they don't agree with? If you're saying that you believe a shadow governnent is controlling twitter and that's why it's considered free speech - since it's a government entity in that case, uh, I don't really think that's plausible.