Poland plans to make censoring of social media accounts illegal

Re:Poland plans to make censoring of social media accounts i... by peteretep on Thursday January 14, 2021 @05:29AM (#25774695)

> But Angela Merkel for example critisized strongly the actions of Facebook, Twitter et al.

If we’re talking about her recent comments, I think “strongly criticised” is a reach. The comments were essentially “Twitter was right to flag Trump's inaccurate tweets about the 2020 U.S. election, banning his account altogether was a step too far ... governments, not private companies, should decide on any limitations to freedom of speech”.

She missed the fact that freedom of speech in the US doesn’t protect incitement to violence, by law that was decided by the legislature.

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Re:Poland plans to make censoring of social media accounts i... by ArnoVW on Thursday January 14, 2021 @05:43AM (#25774811)

The Financial Times disagrees with your assesment. They also note that Alexei Navalny agrees with her.

https://www.ft.com/content/6146b352-6b40-48ef-b10b-a34ad585b...

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