• @Ajen@sh.itjust.works
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    66 months ago

    If freedom of speech only applies to “acceptable” speech, then it isn’t really freedom of speech.

    • @Donut@leminal.space
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      16 months ago

      It never was. It’s freedom of speech without having to fear governmental penalties, broadly speaking. Several categories like incitement, false advertising and CSAM should not be acceptable “speech”.

      • @Ajen@sh.itjust.works
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        16 months ago

        Several categories like incitement, false advertising and CSAM should not be acceptable “speech”.

        In those examples it’s not the speech that’s illegal, there’s a real crime that the speech is part of. False advertising is a form of fraud, but if there’s no fraud involved (satire, humor, education, etc) it’s legal.