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Trump threatens to 'close' down social media platforms

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707 points patd | 3 comments | 27 May 20 12:21 UTC | HN request time: 0.718s | source
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A-Train ◴[27 May 20 20:21 UTC] No.23329416[source]▶
Believe it or not but Sasha Baron Cohen made a great argument to everyone who thinks that Twitter should not interfere with freedom of speech.

Basically quoting Sasha's argument "freedom of speech is not the freedom of reach". Spreading lies, hate and false information is everyone's right if they do it in their home alone but they shouldn't be allowed to reach bigger audiences.

Video here: https://youtu.be/PVWt0qUc0CE

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1. legolas2412 ◴[27 May 20 21:38 UTC] No.23330367[source]▶
Very much disagree. If I cut your reach to 0, I denied you the freedom of speech. If cut your reach in half, I still affected your freedom of speech.

The question is whether fb/Twitter should be subjected to freedom of speech restrictions or not

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2. darkwizard42 ◴[28 May 20 01:06 UTC] No.23332183[source]▶
Your reach on Twitter being cut to 0 is absolutely constitutionally allowed.
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3. legolas2412 ◴[28 May 20 22:44 UTC] No.23343850[source]▶
Sure, I'm not contesting that. It is a different question if freedom of speech regulations apply to Twitter or not.

But freedom of reach is a part of freedom of speech.