this post was submitted on 11 Jun 2025
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In my fictional country, my character banned Kiwi Farms, but someone said that it would mean she hated free speech.

She doesn’t want harassment to occur in her country: for her citizens to harass others or become victims/“lolcows”.

I know it’s my world, but I need some advice.

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[–] davel@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] AuroraGlamour@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

Thanks, she'll be ok with social media but not ones like Kiwi Farms or free speech absolutism.

[–] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 6 points 1 day ago

Free speech isn't absolute even in the U.S. in both political and private spheres.

Stuff such as " obscenity, fraud, child pornography, speech integral to illegal conduct, speech that incites imminent lawless action, speech that violates intellectual property law, true threats, false statements of fact, and commercial speech such as advertising. " are all things that aren't protected in the U.S.

Quite frankly people who whine the loaded about being free speech absolutists are the ones most likely to want to say heinous shit without consequences for their actions.

[–] Nakoichi@hexbear.net 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Why would someone enjoy the idea of people being able to harass others on sites like Kiwi Farms? I wonder if the person who said that themselves is a member.

[–] robotElder2@hexbear.net 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Should kiwi farms be banned in the real world? Yes obviously. And whoever was concern trolling about free speech at you can be safely ignored. In fiction? It comes down to an artistic judgment call that only you can make. Does it establish something important about this character or the situation she's in? Is this the most elegant way of establishing that thing? Does your entire audience know what kiwi farms is already or would you have to explain that first?

[–] AuroraGlamour@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago
  1. I agree.

  2. Thank you 🙏

  3. Thanks so much, the Queen is known for her intolerance towards bad and hateful content. She is also known to ban said content. Yes, they know, this is based off a fictional country in the “real world” of the story, so they would use social media and know about Kiwi Farms.

[–] Kuori@hexbear.net 3 points 1 day ago

kiwi farms should exist but only so all its members can be swiftly put to death