Comment on Reddit says it is not covered by new Online Safety Code as it has moved its jurisdiction to the Netherlands

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SirEDCaLot@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

For the record, I personally thing everything you said is truly repugnant. Although I’d point out the first one I’ve seen applied to Trump voters, frequently, in mainstream discussions on ‘civilized’ platforms, with little or no moderator response. So apparently it’s okay to be prejudiced and discriminatory as long as it’s against someone others don’t like.

That said, my problem is not the banning of these statements. Most platforms quite reasonably would ban such things, and I have no problem with that.

What I have a problem with is the government REQUIRING a platform ban certain speech. I don’t care if it’s the most vile horrible hate filled shit. It should be up to the platform, not the government, to decide what speech is acceptable or not.

Because if government gets to decide what private citizens are allowed to discuss on privately-owned forums, that’s a very slippery slope.

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