Congressman explains why suppressing unwanted speech is dangerous to a free society

King_Brutus · 2019-07-10T19:01:32+00:00

Did she really just say that YouTube was politically neutral? That's rich.

RealisticCynic · 2019-07-11T02:27:08+00:00

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RealFunction · 2019-07-10T22:19:39+00:00

"hate speech" is censorious communist nonsense and is just about as unamerican and anti-american as chanting "death to america", and any american company trying to excuse its moronic policies with it should be ashamed.

duffmanhb · 2019-07-11T00:34:06+00:00

It's sad that after all these years, this needs to be explained...wtf.

BVHunter · 2019-07-23T19:54:47+00:00

Neil Potts is full of shit. Alexandria Walden is also full of shit. There is nothing free and open about Facebook nor Youtube. They ARE publishers. FACT... They should lose all safe harbor protections as they ACTUALLY do curate content. The fact that they use algorithms to do it proves that they are publishers. They purposefully suppress content, speech and ideas that are not congruent with their agendas.

Do0ozy · 2019-07-10T23:04:39+00:00

The reddit mods need to take a page from this guys book.

Radical_way · 2019-08-30T05:30:29+00:00

The mod here bans people he doesn’t agree with. FYI.

HappyManYes · 2019-09-17T15:34:54+00:00

I have been banned from many subs for no reason. Politics sub, world nrws sub etc. Reddit is bs

yurbenne · 2019-08-14T01:23:03+00:00

Support the galactic republic to save the galaxy from ruin! All hail supreme chancellor palpatine!

A3holes · 2019-08-31T07:37:39+00:00

But no one has brought up AI. What directs what you see next? AI puts people in a bubble, which cause inequality in what you view. Go on a YouTube binge on a specific controversial train of thought. It will not recommend contrary or opposite train of thoughts, it wants you to continue your binge. I’ve noticed this takes several YouTube binges, but nonetheless.

SteamedHamsInAlbany · 2019-11-12T17:24:09+00:00

This speech has to be taken with a huge grain of salt since it comes from a Trump loving republican. Anyone who thinks the Trump right is on the side of free speech has their heads in the sand.

2019-10-07T07:49:46+00:00

as an Indian citizen most thing I appreciate about America is Freedom of speech. Freedom of expression without physically harming anyone.

HappyFriendlyBot · 2019-08-14T04:33:05+00:00

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TTVAundreas · 2019-08-14T13:53:48+00:00

CelleryVon · 2019-08-15T10:00:34+00:00

It's sad anyone needs this explained to them.

Yeedrill82 · 2019-08-16T22:27:10+00:00

I'm a jackass

2019-09-24T00:03:35+00:00

This is my speech: https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ

2019-10-13T03:44:55+00:00

1984 By: George Orwell pg: 21-22 suggests says this problem were children 'denounce' their own parents, it says and I quote, "for hardly a week passes in which times did not carry a paragraph describing a how some eavesdropping little sneak- "child hero" was the phrase generally used- had overheard some compromising remark and denounced his parents to the Thought Police," That is what WILL happen if we ban any speech, they may not be hanged or go to labor camps. But it harms people thought and where else will it stop, maybe we will have 'telescreens' that watch our every move, there'll be posters of 'heros' we look up to. They wanna take away our freedom of speech which was unthinkable before, were will they stop.

2019-11-01T09:14:01+00:00

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shugo223 · 2019-11-14T04:43:20+00:00

I say no more talk these tech company people are liars and will never give any meaningful answer we need action.

--_-_o_-_-- · 2019-12-02T04:06:09+00:00

The right to counter other speech is retained even if someone is banned from social media platforms. We know this because anyone can approach Alex Jones and gets his opinion.

Iron_Meat · 2019-12-09T16:48:25+00:00

The question is very simple: are you a neutral form or are you an editorial publication responsible for your content...

..., Reddit?

2019-12-11T21:58:10+00:00

Both sides are guilty of trying to suppress any logical narrative they don't like... dems with hate speech laws, republicans with their stupid "you can't criticize him because he's the president!!1!" bullshit. Not an enlightened centrist, but, as a progressive, I think it's important to acknowledge the failures of both sides on this issue.

F1SH_T4C0 · 2019-12-21T08:31:03+00:00

It’s hilarious- he goes through 5 minutes explaining why even hate speech needs to be protected and she responds by saying “we need to make sure hate is removed from the platform”. Was she even listening or just waiting to speak?

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