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Most Americans favor restrictions on false information, violent content online
(www.pewresearch.org)
this post was submitted on 23 Jul 2023
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I certainly favor this and I hope online platforms will continue to remove misinformation and hate speech extremely vigorously.
I am also definitely okay with the government passing a law that requires online platforms to moderate themselves.
I don’t believe this impacts anyone’s freedom of speech. If you must make a Nazi website online, you are welcome to do so (assuming you can find a platform that doesn’t immediately remove it). But Facebook and Twitter should take down links and advertisements to your site, and even ban your account if you continue to talk about it.
Your freedom of speech is intact. No one is arresting you for what you are saying. But you aren’t guaranteed a platform on which to say it.