Serious Why "freedom of speech" needs to be expanded to the internet.

[Crustaciouse]

Currently freedom of speech only applies to the government not being able to harm you because of what you say (but lets be real here they still break the freedom).
Companies on the other hand can do whatever the fuck they want.
Lets say you have some opinions that deviate from the mainstream, and every major social media company bans you as a result.
What will you do then? You cant use youtube, instagram, twitter, reddit, facebook, etc. This cuts you off from billions of other people.
We have progressed to a point where the internet is the main platform of public discourse.
Without access to it you are a nobody. Politicians are now relying on internet campaigns as their main form of advertising.
But we still allow these internet monopolies to freely censor whoever they want with their vague restrictions such as no hate speech (which can mean anything they dont like)
This must be stopped.
currently there are prominent political figures such as ted cruz (formarly the zodiac killer) fighting for freedom of speech on the internet.

 

[Zaetheus]

“Everything is going according to plan.”

-The Illuminati

 

[acnescarcel]

true look at alex jones

 

[Deleted member 5861]

social media caused the rapid rise of radical SJW extremism. I can see why with its public nature, younger audience, etc.

 

[Crustaciouse]

true look at alex jones

Dude got banned from facebook, youtube, pariscope, etc all at the same time. Yet they tried to act like it wasnt collusion between monopolies.
Tou can go from the top popularity to a nobody just by the choices of these companies.

 

[acnescarcel]

Dude got banned from facebook, youtube, pariscope, etc all at the same time. Yet they tried to act like it wasnt collusion between monopolies.
Tou can go from the top popularity to a nobody just by the choices of these companies.

"they're private companies sweetie" so? it still means they don't believe in free speech lol. someone should make a non censored version of all those sites.

 

[Zesto]

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“Everything is going according to plan.”

-The Illuminati

I can't wait until I get my hair like that.

 

[Crustaciouse]

"they're private companies sweetie" so? it still means they don't believe in free speech lol. someone should make a non censored version of all those sites.

I love how bluepillers change their opinions when we are the ones bejng negatively affected.
Bakery wont bake custom cake for gay couple? "Ree get the government to force them"
Every major social media monopoly wont allow any sort of dissenting non left wing opinion? "Well they are a private company so freedom of speech doesnt count"
I hate these pieces of shit.

 

[Deleted member 5861]

another thing about free speech

People say that it doesnt mean you don't suffer consequences for saying your true opinions, but then what the fuck is the point of having free speech in the first place if that is the case? You can also say whatever the hell you want in North Korea, you just have to suffer the consequences.

 

[Pai Mei]

Given the points laid out in the OP, I'm not inclined to disagree.

At the very least, online companies and forums should be held to the standard established in Brandenburg v. Ohio (395 US 444, 1969). In that case, Brandenburg, a leader in the Ku Klux Klan, made a speech at a Klan rally and was later convicted under an Ohio criminal syndicalism law. In a Per Curiam opinion, the Court held that the Ohio law violated Brandenburg's right to free speech. The Court used a two-pronged test to evaluate speech acts: (1) speech can be prohibited if it is "directed at inciting or producing imminent lawless action" and (2) it is "likely to incite or produce such action." (emphasis mine)

Leaving aside nearly two centuries of legal precedents on free speech issues, the problem with actually implementing such an idea would be that ultimately internet companies and their agents would be the ones to decide what constituted "lawless action" and whether or not such action was "imminent." And as we already know, they are far from unbiased and neutral.

 

[Evil Genius]

This is a very disturbing new trend.

The monopoly power of these (((((companies))))) needs to be broken up via government intervention.

 

[Deleted member 10124]

"they're private companies sweetie" so? it still means they don't believe in free speech lol. someone should make a non censored version of all those sites.

 

[Deleted member 10124]

This is a very disturbing new trend.

The monopoly power of these (((((companies))))) needs to be broken up via government intervention.

Those companies banning people are disregarding peoples freedom of speech. They're breaking the law by not upholding this law of freedom of speech.