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BuzzBadpants t1_ivbmfql wrote

Reply to comment by Quartz_Splinter in Attorney General Bonta Calls on Social Media Companies to Stop the Spread of Disinformation Ahead of 2022 Midterm Elections by Wagamaga

I’m tired of people claiming that disinformation is so intractable from “free speech,” and that somehow means that it is inherently valuable.

Disinformation has net negative value. We’ve placed limits on “free speech” such that hate speech and speech that gets people killed is actually illegal in the US. I have yet to see anyone make any claim as to why disinformation should be protected speech.

And before everyone comes in with the predictable “who decides what’s disinformation” nonsense, the answer is a judge. Literally what their job is and has been for over 200 years.

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svs940a t1_ivbsqh9 wrote

Hate speech isn’t an exception to the first amendment

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BuzzBadpants t1_ivc3m8h wrote

It’s a legal exception to completely unfettered speech, which conservatives seem to believe is what the first amendment means.

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