Re:German hate speech law tested as Twitter blocks satire ac...
by JumpCrisscross on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @04:55PM
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> This is exactly the moral dilemma with free speech vs hate speech
Two societies chose different paths, each--in my opinion--appropriate for their circumstances. In America, we have the First Amendment. In Germany, they have Volksverhetzung [1]. The problem is Twitter, Facebook, et al think shipping information across borders is the same as shipping boxes.
Two societies chose different paths, each--in my opinion--appropriate for their circumstances. In America, we have the First Amendment. In Germany, they have Volksverhetzung [1]. The problem is Twitter, Facebook, et al think shipping information across borders is the same as shipping boxes.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volksverhetzung