Indian ban on BBC Modi film puts Musk’s Twitter ‘free speech’ to the test

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18 points·monkey_monkey··6 comments

This reminds me of an article I found shortly after the Elon acquisition: https://www.techdirt.com/2022/11/02/hey-elon-let-me-help-you...

After reading that, I understood just how much pressure is on social media companies from different angles, and it's impossible to really have "Free Speech" online due to the nature of sharing content (versus simple verbal/written discourse).

I watched the documentary. It was terribly low quality, filled with rumors and hearsay, and featured once prominent UK politicians and BBC newscasters. It truly stunk of British propaganda. Not surprising for the BBC.

How's that related to this article? People should have the freedom to spread rumors and hearsay... according to Musk. But he still censored many people.

India has the right and ability to stop foreign propaganda. Most countries do. Except the US apparently.

That is because the US has the 1st Ammendment. Thank the heavens.

I watched it as well, and it tallies with much of what my relatives in India have told me. A society that claims to be democratic and open must actually tolerates dissent and let programmes like this be available and challenge factual inaccuracies instead of resorting to banning.

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