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A comment on Facebook's internal rulebook on sex, terrorism and violence. Parent comment

Re:Facebook's internal rulebook on sex, terrorism and violence by afuchs on Sunday May 21, 2017 @04:46PM (#14389167)
Are you asking for proof that a speaker has a right to force other people to listen to their argument?
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Re:Facebook's internal rulebook on sex, terrorism and violence by delinka on Sunday May 21, 2017 @04:51PM (#14389189)
I read it as requesting exactly the opposite.
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Re:Facebook's internal rulebook on sex, terrorism and violence by pottersbasilisk on Sunday May 21, 2017 @05:16PM (#14389303)
any legal precedent one way or another. Ive heard of free speech but nothing either way about a right to be heard.
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Re:Facebook's internal rulebook on sex, terrorism and violence by delinka on Sunday May 21, 2017 @07:01PM (#14389713)
That's because there's no "right to be heard." Just because we have a right to speak freely doesn't mean we have a right to be listened to. You might be free to say whatever you like, but everyone else is free to ignore you; owners of publishing platforms are free to not publish your recorded words.

As I said, freedom of speech does not automatically transfer into a right to be heard.

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