Re:Russians are trying to flee – data from Google Trends
by lowkey on Saturday March 05, 2022 @12:16PM
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Censorship has always been a thing in authoritarian regimes. My concern is that it increasingly an issue in traditional western liberal democracies.
Whether it is by state decree (see Covid), state-subsidized media self-censorship (see Canada), de-platforming (see Google/Twitter/Facebook), or cancel culture - the effects of censorship are equally chilling.
Free speech is only legally protected from government intervention - and only in the US. Canada for example imposes strict limits on allowable speech.
I stand with Elon Musk as a free speech absolutist so I think it is high time we revisit free speech protections beyond their current boundaries. I struggle to call our current system truly free.
Whether it is by state decree (see Covid), state-subsidized media self-censorship (see Canada), de-platforming (see Google/Twitter/Facebook), or cancel culture - the effects of censorship are equally chilling.
Free speech is only legally protected from government intervention - and only in the US. Canada for example imposes strict limits on allowable speech.
I stand with Elon Musk as a free speech absolutist so I think it is high time we revisit free speech protections beyond their current boundaries. I struggle to call our current system truly free.