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Re:Suppression is a bigger scandal than the actual story by cortesoft on Sunday October 25, 2020 @07:43PM (#24891237)
My money is on content moderation being censorship.

If content moderation is censorship, then you are arguing that if I ask you to say something out loud and you don't say it, you are censoring me.

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Re:Suppression is a bigger scandal than the actual story by salawat on Sunday October 25, 2020 @08:30PM (#24891533)
No. You are censoring the other by attempting to compel their speech. Their speech is no longer free.
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Re:Suppression is a bigger scandal than the actual story by cortesoft on Sunday October 25, 2020 @10:42PM (#24892386)
Isn't requiring twitter to publish a tweet also compelling speech?
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