Comments on: Free speech on the internet http://www.arpia.be/2009/07/free-speech-on-the-internet/ Website of Peter Craddock, novel writer and composer Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:13:39 +0000 hourly 1 By: JacaByte http://www.arpia.be/2009/07/free-speech-on-the-internet/#comment-902 JacaByte Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:24:32 +0000 http://www.arpia.be/?p=191#comment-902 Many, many websites and forums have content filters for expletives and rules against imagery such as pornography. Moderators on forums can (usually, I can't) temporarily or indefinitely suspend a user's posting rights, or put them on moderator review so the moderators get to decide what the user says. I've had it done to me once, to tell ye the truth. It's very effective for getting somebody to cool down, but that's not "free speech" in the most liberal sense. (by liberal I mean liberty, not the left wing party) Free speech [i]would[/i] turn the internet into a world of anarchy, so first you have to define what free speech is, and then you have to come up with a whitelist of good things to say and a blacklist of bad things to say. This only sounds bad if you take it literally; in moderation it helps promote a sensible community that not a dusty mud-slinging arena. Many, many websites and forums have content filters for expletives and rules against imagery such as pornography. Moderators on forums can (usually, I can’t) temporarily or indefinitely suspend a user’s posting rights, or put them on moderator review so the moderators get to decide what the user says. I’ve had it done to me once, to tell ye the truth. It’s very effective for getting somebody to cool down, but that’s not “free speech” in the most liberal sense. (by liberal I mean liberty, not the left wing party)

Free speech [i]would[/i] turn the internet into a world of anarchy, so first you have to define what free speech is, and then you have to come up with a whitelist of good things to say and a blacklist of bad things to say. This only sounds bad if you take it literally; in moderation it helps promote a sensible community that not a dusty mud-slinging arena.

]]> By: Valesco http://www.arpia.be/2009/07/free-speech-on-the-internet/#comment-880 Valesco Fri, 24 Jul 2009 18:21:56 +0000 http://www.arpia.be/?p=191#comment-880 It would indeed be very interesting to examine how free speech can potentially be hindered on the Internet (as opposed to the common belief that it is a world of anarchy) juste because of some legal mechanisms, and where that could lead... It would indeed be very interesting to examine how free speech can potentially be hindered on the Internet (as opposed to the common belief that it is a world of anarchy) juste because of some legal mechanisms, and where that could lead…

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