Re:Ask HN: Is there any place on the internet capable of fre...
by rsynnott on Wednesday September 18, 2024 @11:31AM
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> and found that only "Gab" doesn't censor its users (beyond their content policy).
... Wait, what does that mean? They don't censor, except for the censorship?
Re:Ask HN: Is there any place on the internet capable of fre...
by jakewins on Wednesday September 18, 2024 @11:36AM
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If your definition of “censorship free” is “not allowed to remove CP and similar content that comes with criminal liability for the site owner”, then yeah they do “censor” things.
What people normally mean when they say “free speech” is in the US first amendment sense, not in the “you can post videos of horrible crimes you’ve committed” sense.
Gabs content policy is pretty short and basically just says this. No CP and other criminal content, anything protected by first amendment is ok.
Re:Ask HN: Is there any place on the internet capable of fre...
by prometheus76 on Wednesday September 18, 2024 @11:36AM
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Their content policy is basically don't say anything illegal (inciting violence, etc.) and no porn. Their stance is that porn images are not speech.
Re:Ask HN: Is there any place on the internet capable of fre...
by ta1243 on Wednesday September 18, 2024 @11:52AM
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Illegal in what jurisdiction?
Free speech conversations tend to devolve very quickly into americentrism, which is fine until those with mass power try to impose their specific views on other countries.
Re:Ask HN: Is there any place on the internet capable of fre...
by petesergeant on Wednesday September 18, 2024 @11:59AM
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> Free speech conversations tend to devolve very quickly into americentrism
In fairness, the US has about the strongest free-speech protections, so that kind of makes sense?
Re:Ask HN: Is there any place on the internet capable of fre...
by ta1243 on Wednesday September 18, 2024 @01:33PM
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America has the best version of the American view of free speech, that's true.
Re:Ask HN: Is there any place on the internet capable of fre...
by petesergeant on Thursday September 19, 2024 @01:37PM
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Best seems a stretch, they certainly have some of the strongest though.
As anyone could guess, the result is ... edgy.