Facebook and Twitter pledge to remove hate speech within 24 hours

Re:Facebook and Twitter pledge to remove hate speech within ... by StanislavPetrov on Tuesday May 31, 2016 @07:56PM (#11811200)

>If tons of people are self-censoring or avoiding speaking at all for fear of being doxxed and getting death or rape threats, do we really have free speech?

Yes we do. If you self-censor because you are afraid of the consequences of your speech, that makes you a coward. Far better for cowards to cower in fear silently then for everyone to be forcibly silenced to placate cowardice.

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Re:Facebook and Twitter pledge to remove hate speech within ... by MBCook on Tuesday May 31, 2016 @08:21PM (#11811313)

So if you think a movie is good, but you're afraid to post that because there are people making death threats to people posting the "wrong" opinion then you're in the wrong for being a coward?

Because banning death threats is forcibly silencing people?

Please tell me I'll reading that wrong.

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Re:Facebook and Twitter pledge to remove hate speech within ... by StanislavPetrov on Tuesday May 31, 2016 @08:31PM (#11811338)

>So if you think a movie is good, but YOU'RE AFRAID to post that because there are people making death threats to people posting the "wrong" opinion then you're in the wrong for being a coward?

You answered your own question. Its already a crime to make death threats. If you are afraid to speak your mind or otherwise do what you think is right because you are afraid of the consequences, whether they be crimes or not, you are a coward.

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