Australia drops censorship fight threatening Musk’s X with $500K daily fine.
  • Ab_intra@lemmy.worldEnglish
    264·
    5 months ago

    How is a stabbing video anything about freedom of speech? I often support Electronic Frontier Foundation but this makes no sense.

    • Kidplayer_666@lemm.eeEnglish
      111·
      5 months ago

      Th issue was them wanting a global takedown, with the argument being that it could incite further violence and inspire instability

      • Ab_intra@lemmy.worldEnglish
        54·
        5 months ago

        I kinda see the point of removing it globally… It’s a video that shows a stabbing. Why would you want that to circulate?

        • Kidplayer_666@lemm.eeEnglish
          222·
          5 months ago

          That’s not the point. The point is, you can’t enforce your censorship abroad.

          • FiskFisk33@startrek.websiteEnglish
            9·
            5 months ago

            I agree (or rather, disagree) with both sides here. Australia should of course not be able to order global takedowns, but xitter should want to take it down anyways for their own reasons.

        • anyhow2503@lemmy.worldEnglish
          101·
          5 months ago

          Try to imagine that argument but coming from some government you really dislike. I can think of a lot of different media that might inspire violence and instability, but which would be really important for people to see or at least know about. Frankly, anyone who doesn’t see that as a potential problem is being shortsighted and really needs some historical perspective, in my opinion.

        • Creat@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
          4·
          5 months ago

          Yea imagine this was a video of soldiers of some state murdering people. Same argument. You still agree? Also a video of one (or more) stabbings.

    • Ajen@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      71·
      5 months ago

      If freedom of speech only applies to “acceptable” speech, then it isn’t really freedom of speech.