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1. amelius · 1790500819 · focus · HN ↗

   I would be in favor of blocking ALL political expressions on social media a few weeks before elections.

   But this case is something else entirely.

   1. krior · 1790503765 · focus · HN ↗

      Define political expression.

      1. tene80i · 1790504972 · focus · HN ↗

         The law isn’t code. It doesn’t require formal definition of all boundaries.

         <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;I_know_it_when_I_see_it" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;I_know_it_when_I_see_it

         1. firtoz · 1790505594 · focus · HN ↗

            Then people will carve around the edges. Also do you need to moderate every single post or comment by anyone? That&#x27;s not free also.

            1. tene80i · 1790505788 · focus · HN ↗

               Speech is already not entirely free and it works fine. You can’t scream “murder all the X” in a theatre. It doesn’t break the concept of freedom to have regulations, and assuming nothing can be regulated just leads to governance by corporation.

               1. parineum · 1790515975 · focus · HN ↗

                  &gt; You can’t scream “murder all the X” in a theatre

                  You actually can.

                  1. tene80i · 1790526634 · focus · HN ↗

                     Without consequences? Where?

                     [Edit:] Oh you’re quite right. In the USA that’s legal sometimes. Where I live that would be seen - reasonably enough to us - as a call to violence.

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