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Re:Gitlab: don't discuss politics at work by icelancer on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @06:09PM (#21276495)
>> What happened to freedom of speech?

It still exists. Gitlab does not infringe on your freedom of speech. The government does.

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Re:Gitlab: don't discuss politics at work by galaxyLogic on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @06:49PM (#21276862)
It is definitely true that Gitlab doesn't infringe on my freedom of speech, since I don't work there. But what are you referring to when you say "The government does"?
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Re:Gitlab: don't discuss politics at work by alkonaut on Thursday October 17, 2019 @02:32AM (#21279452)
That you can sign an NDA and it’s not a limitation of your freedom of speech (for example). There are thousands of situations were there are things you agree to not say.

Anything you agree with some entity that isn’t the government doesn’t count as infringing your freedom of speech.

Freedom of speech is a narrow legal thing. It’s not “I can say what I want when I want it”.

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