Social media posts inciting hate and division have “real world consequences” and there is a responsibility to regulate content, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, insisted on Friday, following Meta’s decision to end its fact-checking programme in the United States.
  • katy ✨English
    7•7 days ago

    like how the right redefines free speech to mean hate speech

    • @sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1•7 days ago

      Which is absolutely disgusting, especially when they try to apply it to private platforms, where that right doesn’t exist.

      Free speech means the government cannot arrest you purely for your speech. It doesn’t mean social media has to let you on your platform or retain your hateful posts.