RE: Elon Musk Buys Twitter (Entirely) 05-03-2022, 07:53 AM
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(05-03-2022, 07:35 AM)Canadian Moose Wrote:(05-03-2022, 07:01 AM)Dismas Wrote:So what is free speech, considering it's limited by definition depending on where you are? Twitter is an international platform. There's no way to regulate it based on every country's law. "100% for free speech" means what?(05-03-2022, 05:35 AM)Canadian Moose Wrote: I would imagine that's a rare example, I took a look at the Hateful conduct policy and overall it's pretty good. What's Elon's actual solution? Allow hate speech under the umbrella of "free speech". While Americans have different laws, in Canada, it is in fact a crime. I looked at his tweets and I can't find his actual fix, just a bunch of memes and opinions that don't spell out a replacement for the policy or anything.
He's actually been pretty blunt about his intentions (genuine or not). That is, to allow free speech within confines of what is legally acceptable. Whether offensive, misleading, or hateful content would be allowed - would be based on the law. What's legal in the USA (where Twitter is based), will definitely differ from the EU. Misinformation, misgendering, or supporting Russia isn't illegal here. I don't use Twitter personally, but I am 100% for free speech.
It's either you allow everything or you have a policy in place like Twitter currently does. Thankfully I don't use Twitter either but I'll follow along.
I wonder how he will work within confines of law. Will he go based off US law?