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chihwei | 1 year ago

So you think it's a crime to allow people speak things you don't like?

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dyauspitr|1 year ago

I don’t know ask Elon, he has been pretty consistently censoring the left. Just last week he blocked the “whitedudesforkamala” account. Is that not censorship?

ripjaygn|1 year ago

That account was automatically flagged for spam and then reinstated.

Even if it wasn't, censorship by an individual or a company is not a crime, are you confused by the first amendment which is a restriction on the government?

X or Musk are not the government.

cassianoleal|1 year ago

It's not about liking or not - it's about breaking the law. Hate speech is qualified in Brazilian criminal law. Nazism and anti-democratic aggitation are crimes, for instance.

tbrownaw|1 year ago

In some parts of the world, the local governments have decreed that it is.

Kamq|1 year ago

In a lot of places? Yeah. Like super illegal (felony level)

gchamonlive|1 year ago

https://www.un.org/en/hate-speech/united-nations-and-hate-sp...

> While certain restrictions on freedom of expression may be motivated by principles of equality and non-discrimination, “direct and public incitement to genocide” and “advocacy of national, racial or religious hatred that constitutes incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence” are strictly prohibited under international law, and are considered the “severest forms of hate speech”.

blackeyeblitzar|1 year ago

There’s no legitimate definition of hate speech. It’s just an ever expansive label used to undermine political speech and justify censorship or criminal charges. Free speech is the most fundamental civil liberty.

Also no one cares what the UN’s “international law” is. They just all support it or ignore it as convenient, because it means nothing.