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		cortesoft on Oct 25, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Suppression is a bigger scandal than the actual st... My money is on content moderation being censorship. If content moderation is censorship, then you are arguing that if I ask you to say something out loud and you don't say it, you are censoring me.

salawat on Oct 26, 2020 [–]

No. You are censoring the other by attempting to compel their speech. Their speech is no longer free.

cortesoft on Oct 26, 2020 | [–]

Isn't requiring twitter to publish a tweet also compelling speech?

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