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Well, someone needs to police it. Remember, freedom of speech just means you can’t be thrown in jail for screaming “fuck the president”, it doesn’t mean there will be no social consequences for your words.
Edit: alright, I’m an asshole. I jumped in with a barely relevant comment during a bathroom break 🤷♀️ I agree that ISPs should not be responsible for this, though I am in support of censorship until the government actually starts enforcing online hate speech laws. Someone else should make that decision though, not a corporation.
Did you read the article?
I didn’t disagree with the article, I was adding additional input.
As it states, no one is enforcing the laws. There is almost no one actually going after online hate speech, and no one steps in until someone gets killed. So law enforcement needs to start policing these things. Until then, censorship is the solution to these issues, though I agree that ISPs should not be the ones responsible.
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Seriously, it is a really good take on the problem. Tier 1 ISP shouldn't have that kind of say in how traffic flows.