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> German Chancellor Angela Merkel objected to the decisions, saying on Monday that lawmakers should set the rules governing free speech and not private tech companies.

This is about who gets to make the decisions, not what the decisions are.

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Right. That was her point. Free speech is at risk when it’s Zuckerberg making the call.

Does that mean if I call my boss names and he fires me, he is censoring my free speech? Now apply that to Facebook. Facebook isn't censoring free speech and the definition of free speech doesn't mean you can say whatever you want and not have any repercussions.

I'd be much more worried about governments telling me what I can/can't say, rather than private companies not letting me use their platforms to say it.

lawmakers != government

So you'd prefer being silenced by people who you have no control over, rather than a government you elected?

I'm not being silenced. I can setup a website easily or my own Mastodon, or whatever else. If I really wanted to make it more censorship-resistant I'd use IPFS and a decentralized JS framework for real-time communication.

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