Re:I helped build ByteDance's censorship machine
by Cyph0n on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @07:27PM
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Well, your statement was quite general :)
My point is that free speech without impact is vastly better than no free speech at all, which is why I don’t see how it even makes sense to ask that question.
I think the key point is that free speech is the basic mechanism the public has to make societal or political changes. If speaking or protesting against the government is a crime, it means the public is lacking the basic mechanism to even propose such changes, let alone make them.
My point is that free speech without impact is vastly better than no free speech at all, which is why I don’t see how it even makes sense to ask that question.
I think the key point is that free speech is the basic mechanism the public has to make societal or political changes. If speaking or protesting against the government is a crime, it means the public is lacking the basic mechanism to even propose such changes, let alone make them.