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Right, and in society we have more or less agreed that the people who can exclude somebody’s speech, or make speech disappear, is the judiciary following due process. Private companies are not the judiciary.

So if a court puts a gag order on this organization saying they can’t have an internet presence, that’s fine.

In your example, hiring a hitman against me, I would expect a court to enact protection order, and perhaps even a gag order on yourself. Then I would expect platforms online to honor that gag order if you were to post anyway.

If a private company, took it upon themselves to deplatform you without a court order, I would disagree with thatz even though your speech is against me. I hold this principle very highly, even when it’s against my own individual personal interests, because I want a stable society more than anything else.

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FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
A stable society is not one where you can go to all of your neighbors and tell them a random person is a pedophile in order to start a mob in the name of free speech.

A stable society is not one where you can walk into a Walmart and start yelling the N-word but not get kicked out in the name of free speech.

A stable society is not one where you can sexually harass a co-worker without repercussions in the name fo free speech.

You don’t want a stable society, you want chaos.

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- jet@hackertalks.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  I agree with your individual examples, but I would say a stable society is where any crazy crank can open a newsletter and mail it to people who subscribe to it. And the post office doesn’t get in the way of that. Without a court order.
  
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  - FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    The post office is a government institution. Apple is not. That is a poor comparison and I think you know that.
    
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    jet@hackertalks.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    I think I may have miscommunicated, I’m not saying Apple needs to keep their app in the store.
    
    I was simply pointing out people in this position could use progressive web apps to avoid a web store completely.
    
    I have no opinion that Apple needs to give a platform to anyone.
    
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