• smileyhead
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    10 months ago

    Freedom of speech does not mean the medium would allow you to say whatever you like. It means you can choose whatever medium you like.

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      10 months ago

      Maybe my opinion is biased. But in Russia where I was living until the beginning of 2022, only in Telegram you was able to find channels on independent media and bots, like “smart vote” (the project of russian opposition about coordinate voting against ruling party). And I understand that if opposition leader can easily create bot that would be very hard to block, then anyone, including spammer, can easily create such a bot that would be very hard to block. That is the reason why I still like Tg and thier approach to the business, when they allow almost everything to almost everyone on their platform.

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      10 months ago

      OP was clearly referring to speech of freedom though, not freedom of speech as described in the 1st amendment. Speech of freedom is a stricter subcategory relating to remarks about your freedom or perceived freedom, and is generally allowed per the TOCs of most popular online platforms today where truth claims are permitted.

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        10 months ago

        Then it’s more interesting than I thought.