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Re:Reddit CEO Cracks Down on Abusive Content to Protect User... by fhood on Friday November 17, 2017 @11:38AM (#15723485)
About the free speech thing, people should say free speech when they mean free speech and not the first amendment. The first amendment is a specific thing with a specific meaning, and invoking it implies the weight of law. Facebook can censor speech without breaking the law. They might be violating the principle of free speech, but not the first amendment.

I agree with you about reddit.

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Re:Reddit CEO Cracks Down on Abusive Content to Protect User... by aeorgnoieang on Friday November 17, 2017 @02:32PM (#15725253)
> About the free speech thing, people should say free speech when they mean free speech and not the first amendment.

My bad – I didn't even notice the comment to which you were replying had done this!

We might be disappointed tho in so far as "first amendment" comes to mean 'free speech' to too many people. I mourn the loss of precision, and I'm a little afraid of people conflating the two ideas too.

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Re:Reddit CEO Cracks Down on Abusive Content to Protect User... by grandalf on Saturday November 18, 2017 @09:45AM (#15729110)
OK so I was on my phone trying to hastily type out a comment and I got sloppy. I think the intent was still abundantly clear, even though the loss of precision in my choice of words is unfortunate.
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