I think all censorship should be deplored. My position is that bits are not a bug – that we should create communications technologies that allow people to send whatever they like to each other. And when people put their thumbs on the scale and try to say what can and can’t be sent, we should fight back – both politically through protest and technologically through software like Tor
We understand that this might make some of you worried about the slippery slope from banning one specific type of content to banning other types of content. We're concerned about that too, and do not make this policy change lightly or without careful deliberation. We will tirelessly defend the right to freely share information on reddit in any way we can, even if it is offensive or discusses something that may be illegal. However, child pornography is a toxic and unique case for Internet communities, and we're protecting reddit's ability to operate by removing this threat. We remain committed to protecting reddit as an open platform.
If no government is threatening @puttitout for the content it shouldn't be removed.
Well, this is about to happen soon. I've reported Voat to the FBI for @Aged actions. Hopefully @PuttItOut has a good lawyer, or he'll be serving a long time in prison.
If your free speech site attracts pedophiles from all over, then ask yourself if free speech is truly worth it.
What sort of country puts people in prison for other people's actions? only an imaginary one, you're letting your delusions run away with you.
serious question, why isn't @JohnCStevenson banned yet? He's just broken both the "keep everyone safe" and "incite harm" rules and is now here bragging about it!
I'm probably one of the least likely among us to call for banning people.
But calling in the State absolutely fits my definition of "incite harm" does very little to "keep everyone safe"
If we made a consistent habit of banning Voaters for calling in the State on fellow Voaters I would be perfectly ok with that.
Unfortunately, such a policy is only really enforceable for douchebags like this who announce that they have done so in an attempt to instill fear and chill speech. Even so, might be worth exploring.
I've only ever seriously called for the banning of pure commercial spammers before this (sure I suggested banning sanegoat and amalek in the past but only to yank their puppetstrings), but this is beyond mere "incite harm", this is an attempt to use law enforcement as a weapon and cause real harm. It's the difference between threatening "i'll shoot you" with no gun in evidence, and actually pulling out a gun and taking aim.
If we made a consistent habit of banning Voaters for calling in the State on fellow Voaters I would be perfectly ok with that.
me too, I could get behind that. Nation states are the most prolific murderers on the planet, should not be casually tossed around as a weapon.
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go1dfish ago
If no government is threatening @puttitout for the content it shouldn't be removed.
The ability of governments and gatekeepers to threaten puttitout in demand for content restriction is why Voat is not sustainable in its current form.
Today the offensive material may be Jailbait, tomorrow it may be calls for Jewish boycotts.
Be careful what you wish for.
http://archive.is/BXKtp
Edit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/blog/comments/pmj7f/a_necessary_change_in_policy/
JohnCStevenson ago
Well, this is about to happen soon. I've reported Voat to the FBI for @Aged actions. Hopefully @PuttItOut has a good lawyer, or he'll be serving a long time in prison.
If your free speech site attracts pedophiles from all over, then ask yourself if free speech is truly worth it.
Talc ago
What sort of country puts people in prison for other people's actions? only an imaginary one, you're letting your delusions run away with you.
serious question, why isn't @JohnCStevenson banned yet? He's just broken both the "keep everyone safe" and "incite harm" rules and is now here bragging about it!
go1dfish ago
I'm probably one of the least likely among us to call for banning people.
But calling in the State absolutely fits my definition of "incite harm" does very little to "keep everyone safe"
If we made a consistent habit of banning Voaters for calling in the State on fellow Voaters I would be perfectly ok with that.
Unfortunately, such a policy is only really enforceable for douchebags like this who announce that they have done so in an attempt to instill fear and chill speech. Even so, might be worth exploring.
Talc ago
I've only ever seriously called for the banning of pure commercial spammers before this (sure I suggested banning sanegoat and amalek in the past but only to yank their puppetstrings), but this is beyond mere "incite harm", this is an attempt to use law enforcement as a weapon and cause real harm. It's the difference between threatening "i'll shoot you" with no gun in evidence, and actually pulling out a gun and taking aim.
me too, I could get behind that. Nation states are the most prolific murderers on the planet, should not be casually tossed around as a weapon.