Re:YouTube Advertiser Meltdown: An Opportunity for Startups
by dragonwriter on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @09:03AM
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> The very presence of anti-censorship in the 1st amendment is the reason many people in the US get outraged when companies censor views.
No, it's not. The value of free expression and the concept of the marketplace of ideas to which it is essential predates and goes beyond the 1st Amendment. The 1st Amendment isn't the cause, it's a product of the same cause.
Though it's a lot trickier to apply the concept to private censorship, which is both, in one sense, an exercise of the right of free speech and, potentially, a restriction on it in some cases. Government censorship is a lot more of a clear issue (even if there are issues of drawing the precise boundary.)
Re:YouTube Advertiser Meltdown: An Opportunity for Startups
by r_smart on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @08:38AM
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The first amendment only applies to the government, but it elucidates a natural right all people have, and thus forbids the government from tampering with it. Other people should also not tamper with it, but enforcing that is beyond the scope of the first amendment.
Free speech is a fundamental right, which is why every Western democracy at least pays lip service to the idea.
The very presence of anti-censorship in the 1st amendment is the reason many people in the US get outraged when companies censor views. They view free speech as a fundamental right, even though the 1st amendment only applies to the government.