Also: it’s great to know that all potential things one implicitly could say on a platform, will therefore obviously, literally, and explicitly be endorsed by that platform, simply because the platform enabled that speech. The concept of a common carrier — let alone Section 230 protections in the USA — is not realistic in the modern online environment.
Remember Kids! Censorship is terrible and must be avoided at all costs — however, we also can’t allow people to say bad or rude things about our friends…
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It should not be up to a platform to enforce kindness or any political stance in the name of “kindness”. Just let the users decide who they do and don’t want to talk to. The only things the platform should be moderating is physical violence and malware. Actual speech, whether it’s hate or not, should be off the table.
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