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Re:Facebook says Pages that regularly share false news won’t... by MBCook on Monday August 28, 2017 @01:24PM (#15118333)
That was less than 100 years ago, after the invention of radio and newsreels; I'm not shire how it proves the point of unfettered free speech either.

I'd love to see examples of unfettered free speech from the 1600s or much MUCH easier.

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Re:Facebook says Pages that regularly share false news won’t... by wooter on Monday August 28, 2017 @02:38PM (#15118959)
Ancient Athenians adored freedom of speech. Naming a warship after the very concept.

399BC - Socrates speaks to jury at his trial: 'If you offered to let me off this time on condition I am not any longer to speak my mind... I should say to you, "Men of Athens, I shall obey the Gods rather than you."'

1516 - The Education of a Christian Prince by Erasmus. 'In a free state, tongues too should be free.'

In the 1600s, Galileo was executed for mere speech.

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Re:Facebook says Pages that regularly share false news won’t... by MBCook on Monday August 28, 2017 @05:38PM (#15120298)
Those are examples of free speech being liked.

Based on the post I was expecting examples of where free speech overcame the kind of 'there are my kind of lies so they must be true you liar' stuff we're seeing now.

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Re:Facebook says Pages that regularly share false news won’t... by DrScump on Wednesday August 30, 2017 @03:16AM (#15130241)
Galileo was executed?
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Re:Facebook says Pages that regularly share false news won’t... by wooter on Tuesday September 05, 2017 @04:54PM (#15179039)
Oops, sorry. Hoouse arrest for life and all texts burned. Here are a few executions & persecutions for speech: https://www.wired.com/2012/06/famous-persecuted-scientists/
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