Re:Patreon Bars Anti-Feminist for Racist Speech, Inciting Re...
by c3534l on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @02:42PM
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We live in a world where corporate entities have an extraordinary control over our lives, what opinions we see and hear, even if we actively seek out those opinions. At some point we need to stop thinking about free speech as simply a guarantee against government intrusion, but also a guarantee against our increasingly powerful corporate overlords.
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Re:Patreon Bars Anti-Feminist for Racist Speech, Inciting Re...
by manfredo on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @03:55PM
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This echoes my thoughts as well. Consider the following: If a democratically elected government which is beholden to the wills of the people by (generally) fair elections cannot be trusted to wield the powers of censorship responsibly, then why on Earth should we trust tech companies beholden to no one but their shareholders to wield that power responsibly?