Buckwheat wrote:So who gets to decide what is "good" or "bad" free speech?
Constitution, Judiciary and ultimately the courts....always was that way, anyway.
TBH, I'm not all that concerned about the free speech conversations as they relate to groups protesting in person. There's enough history, precedent, coverage, legal recourse...that those questions will likely be settled to my satisfaction
I think the freedom of speech questions as they relate to what's on the interwebs is a far more interesting question. Google, godaddy, cloudflare, facebook, etc
Private entities controlling a hugely important 'utility' with full autonomy, if not authority to censor, steer, filter, etc. I HATE government regulation in principle...and am a huge proponent of net neutrality....but these interweb content providers, pipelines, enablers, search result drivers, etc. are in a unique position in our history and I'm more than a little concerned that self regulation is not the answer anymore