MERKEL opposing trump's ban? That surprises me since i'm pretty sure they didn't like eachother.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...ts-problematic
Having read articles about the topic, the aren't criticizing them for breaking the law, so your answer is kinda nonsensical. It's more about the power of the platforms, which also this article talks about. They want regulation. Free speech must not always mean "the 1st amendment" but can also mean the concept of "free speech".
Also can you give me a bit more on the more freedom of speech in the US compared to the EU as a whole, because that seems kinda new to me?
They are criticizing them, because they are saying such things should be up to the government... not a private business. Our First Amendment specifically limits the government from doing such things, whereas private entities are free to do so.
I'lll take my First Amendment over their desire to limit free speech and freedom off expression.
is anyone watching the pompeo speech and Q&A
we're talking about wednesday night chili events wtf
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What kind of desire do they have to limit free speech? What has the EU done? Can you provide any facts or links to censuring made by the EU? That sounds a bit like a conspiracy theory, or at least a belief not backed by facts.
And you're aware that also your government doesn't allow every kind of free speech? There are some red lines for speech even in the US.
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The EU has done nothing, individual countries in the EU has various laws or has performed various actions to prove they have various standards on free expression.
For example your freedom of expression in Germany would not include swastikas generally speaking (an example from another thread)
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Yo, check out the front page of the St. Croix Republican Party.
Fuckin cosplay insurrectionists.If you want peace, prepare for war.
So, you think I should be able to come onto your property, shit on your floor, and yell racist things at your family, and you shouldn't be able to kick me out?
Is that really the argument you want to make?
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They literally just spoke about it.
Twitter banning Trump is an exercise of free speech and free association. And look who just condemned it, and said that's up to the government...
Twitter deserves freedom fo speech and freedom of association, contrary to what France and Germany believe.
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That i will agree with. Every country has different standards. Some are similar like:
Yelling "Fire" in a theater, inciting murder and violence.
My country has added "the jews are the root of all our problems", because we had some bad experiences with that, and thought it would be a good idea.
But that's not what @Machismo claimed. He claimed that the EU has limitations on free speech and that Merkel has a desire to limit free speech. So i'm asking for the facts why he thinks the EU as a whole has less freedom of speech, and why Merkel has a desire for censorship, because that sounds a bit too far fetched.
So because she doesn't agree with his ban she has a desire to limit free speech? That's a bit far fechted. I'd like to link you to an article from a german newspaper, because that makes it clearer.
What she argues about is that if someone is dangerous the government should handle this, and it shouldn't be left to private companies.
She is not so much talking about their freedom of association, but rather that if Trump is dangerous he should be censored by the government, and it shouldn't be on the whim of private entities.
And seriously, that's something every country does to a degree. Doesn't your country also imprison people for inciting violence and terror? Nothing else.
I get your viewpoint from the freedom of association, and i'm pretty sure she's not attacking that one, but more arguing that punishment shouldn't be left to the "virtual mob".
Oh, btw. i disagree with her, i just think you're reading something into her that she's not saying.