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We have heard the rumblings, now it comes.... the Code of Conduct for social media along with the banhammer.
From Bloomberg we get this warning:
U.S. Internet giants Facebook Inc., Twitter Inc., Google and Microsoft Corp. pledged to tackle online hate speech in less than 24 hours as part of a joint commitment with the European Union to combat the use of social media by terrorists.
Of course terrorists are defined down to "unambiguous hate speech that they said promoted racism, homophobia or anti-Semitism" before the short article ends.
Buckle up folks, the ride is is about to get bumpy.
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(Score: 5, Insightful) by julian on Thursday June 02 2016, @06:02AM
The problem with defending freedom of expression is you spend most of your time defending scoundrels. I can't stand bigotry but when I defend a bigot's right to speak *in principle* people confuse that for supporting the content of their message. Or when I attack someone's ideas, that criticism is transferred in the minds of spectators to the person themselves, making me appear to be the bigot.
This is one of the reasons free expression is such a fragile and precious thing. It's hard to get and easy to lose; most people won't even notice it's slipping away and a disturbing amount can easily be made to feel they're better off without it.