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Re:The global gag on free speech is tightening by jakelazaroff on Thursday October 03, 2019 @02:12AM (#21144213)
I agree with breaking up the monopoly! But again, it's because I dislike concentrated power in general, not because of their power over speech specifically.

My issue here isn't with the idea that we do something about large tech companies. It's the proposal to abridge legal freedom of speech, masquerading as an attempt to protect free speech. OP is presenting this as an objective argument about freedom, when really they just don't like where the lines are drawn.

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Re:The global gag on free speech is tightening by meruru on Thursday October 03, 2019 @03:22AM (#21144536)
I think we mostly agree. I was just replying to the idea that people are calling for the government to force speech, which felt like a weird notion (though when it comes to the political extremes, I'm sure both sides would love nothing more than total control over what's acceptable speech).
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