Re:Mailchimp outlines right to ban users for “inaccurate” co...
by ochoseis on Friday October 30, 2020 @01:53PM
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> don't, say you stand for freedom of expression when you have appointed yourself the arbiter of truth
This is a great point. I always thought of the big tech companies as upholding classically liberal ideals; however, now that they’ve grown up they’re much more interested in stability that keeps the profit machine running (which we all benefit from in the short term). In a way they’re not so naive about the world anymore, nor should we be about them.
As much as I hate what tech companies are doing in the free speech arena, my position is this: Legally, they can censor whomever they like; as perverse as that is, they're in their right. But to them I say, don't, and I repeat, don't, say you stand for freedom of expression when you have appointed yourself the arbiter of truth.
I am a work in progress when it comes to removing my own bias. I've had to confront and remove so much tribalistic, hypocritical bias from my own life; but today, a large segment of our society is pretending to actually have integrity in their analysis of current events.
But what do I know. I'm anti-censorship, so I guess that makes me a Nazi-sympathizing, white supremacist (#immexicanbro), right winger.
Edit: the #immexicanbro refers to the fact that I'm Mexican-American, por si no lo sabias.