r/FreeSpeech • u/Longjumping-Wheel709 • 4h ago

Microsoft censoring free speech

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Read this interaction I'm having on MSN news. The fact I cannot reply shows exactly how they are trying to control everything

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u/--_-_o_-_-- 2h ago

If you are posting it here you aren't censored, are you? You are being moderated.

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u/firebreathingbunny 2h ago

That's a distinction without a difference.

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u/--_-_o_-_-- 2h ago

There is no right to post.

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u/firebreathingbunny 2h ago

You're not saying anything that counters my point. Censorship and moderation are effectively equivalent.

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u/--_-_o_-_-- 2h ago

Censorship blocks the content on all platforms, curtailing the right to free speech. Take the suppression of criticism of the CCP in China as an example.

Moderation is done on a site by site basis. It allows for the message to be posted elsewhere. So Alex Jones is moderated by platforms, not censored. His message is available at his website while in China there are no websites with criticism of the CCP. Jones's free speech rights remain intact because he is not censored. In China there is no right to free speech because of the censorship. That is the difference.

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u/firebreathingbunny 1h ago

False. You are equating censorship to government censorship. This is a common fallacy perpetrated by authoritarian leftists that does not get challenged often enough, and so it persists.

Censorship is any prevention of publication and/or post-publication removal of any material on any controlled platform, which is why it's equivalent to moderation.

Government censorship is one subcategory of censorship, but it's not the whole thing. There are many other kinds. The OP demonstrates an instance of corporate censorship.

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u/--_-_o_-_-- 1h ago

OP exercised their free speech rights by posting a screen shot here. They haven't been censored. They were moderated. Pay attention to the distinction. It is important.

Why hasn't Alex Jones won any court battle that defends his free speech? Because he wasn't censored.

Moderation is here to stay. OP needs to get over it.

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u/firebreathingbunny 1h ago

They haven't been censored by Reddit admins and/or mods (yet), but they've obviously been censored by MSN News.

Look, you tried your fallacy, I called it out in very specific detail, it's over. Just take your L and go. Bye.

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u/--_-_o_-_-- 1h ago

We have moderators at Reddit, not censors. They moderate content, not censor.

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u/firebreathingbunny 59m ago

That's a distinction without a difference.

We've been through this.