[1A] The Free Speech Thread

[KLB]

Fox News backs CNN in lawsuit against Trump White House

Not surprising. They see the writing on the wall for the next time the other side has the White House.

 

[actaeon277]

If a reporter wants to try to dominate a meeting, take away from other's time, and such, he should be removed.
Let his company find someone else.
If other's find what he's saying important enough, let them give up their time, or ask the question again.

Acosta didn't seem to be so much as asking questions, as lecturing.
So.. let CNN put another reporter in.

 

[2A_Tom]

Agreed.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Judge grants CNN’s request for a temporary restraining order to restore Jim Acosta’s White House press pass in a limited ruling on Fifth Amendment grounds

 

[rw02kr43]

Let Acosta back in. Then ignore him completely. Let him make a jerk of himself for the world to see. Obama did it with Fox. There's no constitutional requirement for him to be called on.

 

[actaeon277]

 

[actaeon277]

More on Acosta


[video=youtube;LxRMfi8wNOI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxRMfi8wNOI[/video]

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Those damn humans and their...

*rolls dice*


... words.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Laura Loomer (the lady that lied about having her tires slashed), was banned from Twitter. So she did what any logical person would do... she's chained herself to the Twitter HQ door, and is threatening to **** herself.

 

[jamil]

Laura Loomer (the lady that lied about having her tires slashed), was banned from Twitter. So she did what any logical person would do... she's chained herself to the Twitter HQ door, and is threatening to **** herself.

Someone should hurry right out to video it. And post it to twitter.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Google Employees Debated Burying Conservative Media In Search

 

[2A_Tom]

I just watched the HBO remake of 451 Fahrenheit. It is pretty current with what is going on with social media, but as I suspected they trashed the ending just like the original. Bradbury's ending was best.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Email from Gab.

Gab Community Members,

Gab.com operates according to one principal rule: if speech is allowed under the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and our User Guidelines, it is allowed on our site. This is because, per Sir Stephen Sedley in the seminal English free speech case DPP v. Redmond-Bate, “freedom only to speak inoffensively is not worth having."

We are proud to have recently met our fundraising goal of $1.07m raised directly from The People. We have made considerable progress this month making Gab the home of free speech, free association, and the free market online. This includes an update to our mute system that gives more control to individual users to shape their own experience. Unfortunately we still have not been able to get a new payment processor, although we are accepting checks to our PO Box and will be integrating bitcoin as a payment option shortly.

On a daily basis, our company uses the protection afforded by the First Amendment, federal data privacy law, and American global hegemony to provide a utility for users all over the world, wheresoever they might be, to publish their innermost thoughts and engage in open dialogue without fear of recrimination from unfriendly and repressive governments. Put another way, we structure our affairs to afford all our users the full measure of due process rights available in the United States.

As a result, Gab is now the fastest-growing social media platform in the world. We have acquired over 800,000 users and new Gabbers are joining the site at a rate of nearly 100,000 a month from across the planet. Gab has over 10.6 million visits a month and is quickly becoming a home for those who wish to think, speak, and express themselves freely.

One unintended consequence of our moderation policy is that Gab has attracted, shall we say, a colorful user base. Most if not all of the team, from the CEO down to our external contractors and service providers, can find an enormous amount of content on the site which we each find morally or politically objectionable, even personally hateful.

However, we understand that adopting a moderation policy that mirrors the First Amendment will result in users of our site expressing views with which we disagree, including "the thought that we hate." See Matal v. Tam, 582 U.S. ___ (2017). We do not, unlike virtually every other social media company in existence, think we have any right to try to change what our users think.

The mainstream media strongly implies that Gab's provisioning of a forum for this speech runs the risk of encouraging expression "(escalating) from online speech to real-world action." We dissent. Hateful speech may be found on every platform with millions of users, including Twitter and Facebook; Gab is not alone in this regard.

Furthermore, we actively monitor the site for speech that crosses the line from the merely outrageous into the truly threatening or unlawful. Where criminal activity is brought to our attention, we act swiftly to curtail it and, where possible, cooperate with law enforcement to ensure our users' safety - real, physical, safety, not wishy-washy millennial "safe space" safety - is secured.

When one creates a space where controversial speech is permitted, controversial speech should be expected. This is only news for anyone who doesn't understand what "free speech" actually means. And today, Gab stands as the largest social network in the world that willing to take the heat involved in standing by this oldest and most classically liberal principle of liberal democracy.

Much has been made recently of social media companies' moderation policies seeking to strike balances between civility and liberty. Civility-oriented moderation strategies are referred to as the "European tradition" and liberty-oriented strategies are referred to as the "American tradition."

We follow the American tradition to the letter. We will continue to do so as long as the company exists.

Yours sincerely,
Gab.com

 

[BugI02]

Finally, a worthy use for blockchain. If it can be used to bypass gatekeepers and allow direct support of such sites, I may have to alter my (low) opinion of it

Showing Twitter and Facebook what balls are. Sending a contribution forthwith

ETA: Thanx for posting, GP

 

[BugI02]

I think its time for "activist selfies" - having your friends video you videoing some controversial event and then posting it for you. The potential for naval gazing and mental masturbation seem endless

 

[jamil]

Finally, a worthy use for blockchain. If it can be used to bypass gatekeepers and allow direct support of such sites, I may have to alter my (low) opinion of it

Showing Twitter and Facebook what balls are. Sending a contribution forthwith

ETA: Thanx for posting, GP

There’s always another interpretation of a thing. Some are more viable than others, and some may provide more utility than detriment. It’s rarely as simple as all bad or all good.

 

[BugI02]

What is this 'grey' you speak of? I see none on the wheel

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[actaeon277]

[video=youtube;l1PgZ5IlFD4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1PgZ5IlFD4[/video]

 

[ArcadiaGP]

UC Berkeley settles landmark free speech lawsuit, will pay $70,000 to conservative group