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Re:The Efficacy of Reddit’s 2015 Ban Examined Through Hate S... by bduerst on Monday September 11, 2017 @02:37PM (#15220938)
Who are these free speech proponents that you are talking about?

Reddit and Twitter are private organizations, not government institutions. Free Speech proponents like John Stuart Mill are fine with free speech (as a philosophy) limiting the speech of individuals if the expression causes harm, such as organized mass harassment and threatening of individuals (which is what fph was banned for).

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Re:The Efficacy of Reddit’s 2015 Ban Examined Through Hate S... by emodendroket on Monday September 11, 2017 @02:43PM (#15220998)
I mean, I am certainly given pause by this tidy argument. If private actors not subject to the rules control the means of transmission (or if speaking out in the wrong way threatens your livelihood) then freedom of speech starts to look mostly theoretical. I'm not sure I have an easy answer to the problem myself.
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Re:The Efficacy of Reddit’s 2015 Ban Examined Through Hate S... by istorical on Monday September 11, 2017 @03:02PM (#15221225)
I'm specifically talking about thinkers such as Zeynep Tufekci.

She wrote a rather interesting book but if you want a glimpse into some of her thoughts I like this article:

https://latest.13d.com/will-direct-democracy-give-way-to-aut...

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