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Re:Microsoft threatens to stop hosting Gab unless posts are ... by stale2002 on Thursday August 09, 2018 @11:25PM (#17730479)
And what if they weren't?

Would you have a problem with a phone company listening into your conversations and determining if you said something bad or not?

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Re:Microsoft threatens to stop hosting Gab unless posts are ... by aliakhtar on Friday August 10, 2018 @08:40AM (#17732714)
If you broke the law by saying something, yes. Incitement to violence is not protected free speech.
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Re:Microsoft threatens to stop hosting Gab unless posts are ... by computerfriend on Friday August 10, 2018 @09:07AM (#17732866)
That's not quite the definition. But suppose some piece of speech is not protected: that doesn't necessarily make it illegal, just that it is legal for the state to censor you.
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Re:Microsoft threatens to stop hosting Gab unless posts are ... by stale2002 on Friday August 10, 2018 @03:38PM (#17736178)
This isn't about illegal speech.

This is about perfectly legal speech that does not fall under the definition of incitement.

We have the police for handling illegal incitement to violence.

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