Is It Time to Regulate Social Media?
We would not tolerate a phone company cutting off somebody’s service because of the words they used in their conversations.
Matthew Mott
Matthew Mott is a writer and photographer with a background in technology, based in the UK. He can be found on Gab.ai as @InfiniteDissent
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Online Hate Speech and the Nazi Pug
“Hate speech” has become the reliable battle-cry of the modern-day censor, but it is a largely meaningless concept.
The Internet Is Not a Children's TV Channel
The internet is not a TV station, a babysitter, a shopping mall, a kindergarten, or a support group.
The Internet's Infrastructure Is the New Battleground for Free Speech
This robustness does still exist, but only at a fairly low level, where raw packets of data are routed between numerical addresses.
Science, Sin, and Paternalism
The message is loud and clear: sugar is bad, government regulation is good, and now we have the science to prove it.
Censorship for Authoritarians Is Snake Oil
The desire to censor is not entirely impossible to understand. When you encounter an idiotic YouTube comment or forum post.
Denying Encryption to Terrorists Is a Fantasy
The Home Office could demand more surveillance abilities for law enforcement, but here it is difficult to see what they could ask for that they don’t already have.
Censorship-Free Social Media — The Next Big Thing or Just Another Echo Chamber?
One of the forefathers of the modern internet, John Gilmore, famously remarked that the net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it.