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Watch how this plays out now that Trump scrapped Net Neutrality!!
The can of worms was opened when conservative view points blatantly censored in social media.
The toothpaste is out of the tube and you cannot get it back in.
An organized effort.... Something EO 13818 has addressed and Googles Schmidt has steped down the same day it was issued.
I thought Germany got away from Nazism and the banning of opposition speech.
Does Germany have a constitution guaranteeing free speech??
Facebook, twitter, youtube, etc. own the content on their respective sites, not the german govt., so it should be left to them to determine what is allowable.
Censorship was rampant throughout Nazi Germany. Censorship ensured that Germans could only see what the Nazi hierarchy wanted people to see, hear what they wanted them to hear and read only what the Nazis deemed acceptable.
How soon people forget.
They need to get out of their safe spaces, open their eyes and EARS and realize what is TRULY going on.
Facebook, twitter, youtube, etc. own the content on their respective sites, not the german govt., so it should be left to them to determine what is allowable.
The point is these different countries don't have the same laws and protections for free speech that we enjoy in the US. The US is pretty unique within the world community when it comes to personal protections for many "freedoms". The countries of the EU, Germany included, chose to setup their governments in a way that allows them to prosecute & regulate things they feel would be detrimental to the well being of their citizens or image. Hate speech happens to be one of these things. There are very few countries, if any, in this world that operate under libertarian type principles. A good reason is because these systems don't work and do more harm than good. A community is built on compromise...
The point is these different countries don't have the same laws and protections for free speech that we enjoy in the US. The US is pretty unique within the world community when it comes to personal protections for many "freedoms". The countries of the EU, Germany included, chose to setup their governments in a way that allows them to prosecute & regulate things they feel would be detrimental to the well being of their citizens or image. Hate speech happens to be one of these things. There are very few countries, if any, in this world that operate under libertarian type principles. A good reason is because these systems don't work and do more harm than good. A community is built on compromise...
Then it would be up to those counties to ban facebook, google, and twitter, then.
It is not up to my company to conform to your tyranny
The point is these different countries don't have the same laws and protections for free speech that we enjoy in the US. The US is pretty unique within the world community when it comes to personal protections for many "freedoms". The countries of the EU, Germany included, chose to setup their governments in a way that allows them to prosecute & regulate things they feel would be detrimental to the well being of their citizens or image. Hate speech happens to be one of these things. There are very few countries, if any, in this world that operate under libertarian type principles. A good reason is because these systems don't work and do more harm than good. A community is built on compromise...
Generally speaking, liberals are much more prone to give up things like freedom of speech.
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