06-03-2023, 04:42 PM
(06-03-2023, 03:17 PM)NUGDUKWE Wrote: Who decides what's misinformation? I would say information that isn't verified.
Verified by who? The same people who verified WMD's in Iraq? The same people who said the Covid vaccine was 90%+ effective? The same people who verified the Steele dossier as credible? The same people who said the Hunter Biden laptop was 100% disinformation? I could go on.
Quote:Not sure what the old regime did that was so harmful. The Biden and Trump administration both asked for things to be removed and both requests were granted ( I'd assume based on not being able to be verified ).
I've explained this. It's better to err on the side of not being censorious. I don't care from where the requests for censorship come from.
Quote:Did they remove stuff on Covid I'm sure they did but they sided on the side of the majority of professionals.
Did those professionals turn out to be wrong on some very significant issues?
Quote:I take rights very seriously as well with free speech being key among them. But I just don't see having things taken off the Internet as being a violation of that right.
Wait, you literally just stated that both the Trump and Biden administration requested censorship. If the government is censoring you how is that not a violation of the 1A? Because it's being done through an intermediary? That would be some impressive mental gymnastics.
Quote:Now if you start punishing people for spreading unverified information than that would be a problem.
I would argue that silencing and deplatforming people is absolutely punishing people.
Quote:But I think what Musk and others are doing can be even more harmful to the 1st amendment.
You're really going to have to expound on this statement. I'm not seeing it.
Quote:If you can't stop the free Press than shake people's trust in the free press. If your worried about free speech bringing issues to light then create so much noise making any factual information irrelevant.
If the media has lost people's trust they have no one to blame but themselves. See the litany of failure above and then realize that's the tip of the iceberg. You now seem to be arguing that Musk is actually anti-free speech by muddying the waters. You're going to have to expound on that accusation as well, because I'm not seeing it.
