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Re:Tech companies declare war on hate speech and conservativ... by rayiner on Saturday September 02, 2017 @12:17AM (#15154223)
Free speech is the wrong framework for thinking about this. Tech companies are not government actors, so this is not a free speech issue. The better way to think about it is to analogize to gun sales. Gun sellers are within their rights to refuse to sell guns to people with nazi affiliations, etc. But they wisely choose not to go down that road, because if they did (1) they’d be enlisted into screening all sorts of other people (hate groups, abusive spouses, mentally ill people, etc.) and (2) when one of those people inevitably did buy a gun, there would be increased pressure to hold the gun seller/maker liable for failure to use their discretion to prevent to the tragedy.
Re:Tech companies declare war on hate speech and conservativ... by thomas_howland on Saturday September 02, 2017 @02:04AM (#15154574)
This is very silly. FFLs are already prohibited from selling to abusive spouses (if there is any sort of domestic violence conviction or restraining order) and the mentally ill. They also reserve full rights to decline any sale, which they do regularly with people who seem unbalanced or give indication they're intending on misusing the weapon. Seriously, try to buy a rifle with a swastika sharpie'd on your forehead and see how many gun shops you get ejected from.