Spotify remove 'hate conduct' policy following backlash

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by AndrewDucker • 8 years ago

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ardent_uno• 8 years ago

As the "public square" becomes increasingly dominated by internet platforms, we will have to rethink what the preservation of free speech requires.

People who support internet censorship stand on the legal ground that internet companies are private companies and as such can do what they want.

But, at least in America, the sanctity of free speech in the abstract "public square" of life takes precedence over the agency of business to do what it wants.

A business cannot (barring libel and similar edge cases) obstruct people from sharing their views in the public square, and similarly they should not be allowed to restrict the speech - or - content shared by individuals - or - creators online, provided that speech or content is legal, because the internet behemoths - are - the public square.

Spotify remove 'hate conduct' policy following backlash

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