The Free Speech thread

[Torillian]

DarthMetalliCube said:

Torillian said:

True, if he wants to pay that much and run the platform into the ground that's his thing, but that will be because he made it a haven for far-right dingbats, not because he decreased censorship. In fact if you talk about actual censorship, the kind that comes from governments, then Twitter has only gotten worse. 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/katherinehamilton/2023/04/27/twitter-has-complied-with-almost-every-government-request-for-censorship-since-musk-took-over-report-finds/?sh=64408d5824ea

But why care about censorship when what you really mean is it isn't as moderated as it once was. 

If these dingbats are so crazy, what are you worried about? Let the free market of ideas sort it all out. The hateful people and loons will be mocked, ignored, and get hatred right back at them.

In a free and civilized society - NOTHING should censored on social media short of directly breaking the law, doxxing, physical threats to others, etc..

There is crazy shit on Twitter no doubt, but I pay it no mind, as it will never gain traction. 

I'm confused. Is there MORE censorship or less moderation on there? I feel like these are opposing ideas..

I'm not worried about it and I'm not on twitter so quit answering making those assumption and talk to me like an adult. 

To be fair, I'm talking to you like you're an idiot because you responded to a pretty reasonable post with "boo hoo" so now I'm biased. 

Censorship from governments is up, moderation is possibly down though I can't find any verification of that.