X says it is closing operations in Brazil due to judge's content orders

Re:X says it is closing operations in Brazil due to judge's ... by oceanplexian on Saturday August 17, 2024 @10:20PM (#41279647)

> (If) you commit a crime through what you say, you can and must be held accountable. No one is being prevented from expressing their opinion.

Freedom from speech isn’t the “right” of the people to express opinions. Freedom of Speech is a an explicit restriction on what the government is allowed to do after you speak, and more precisely, in response to unpopular speech.

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Re:X says it is closing operations in Brazil due to judge's ... by chbint on Saturday August 17, 2024 @10:57PM (#41279812)

Seems logically equivalent. If you have the right to express your opinions (no qualifier here, so they can be popular or not), that means no one can do anything to you (unless you commit a crime, of course). Perhaps one could argue that "speech" encompasses more than "opinion", but then the issue would become terminological.

Anyway, Brazil has freedom of speech in the very sense you've mentioned here. Unpopular speech is not a crime.

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Re:X says it is closing operations in Brazil due to judge's ... by vitorgrs on Saturday August 17, 2024 @10:38PM (#41279718)

So no country have freedom of speech? Because in the U.S a person can't say that they will kill someone... Pretty sure that's a crime, right?

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