Free Speech
by Jacob Mchangama · first published 2022
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…Streisand Effect or prohibit legitimate discussion and create zone of forbidden speech where hateful people can gather and disseminate their nonsense free from scrutiny and public debate. I highly recommend Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media by Jacob Mchangama[1]. [1] https://www.amazon.com/Free-Speech-History-Socrates-Social/d...
on “Irishman arrested in UK for 'causing anxiety' by retweeting meme” ↗Freedom of speech is an ideal - as such it is not easily achieved or maintained, even by the "best" of us - or those who claim to believe most in it. If you read Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media you'll find this "irony" repeated throughout history. It's a problem of human nature, and that's what ideals arduously seek to overcome. https://www.amazon.com/Free-Speech-History-Socrates-Social/d...
on “The distinction between free speech as a legal right and cultural value” ↗This author (Jacob Mchangama) is an absolutist with regards to free speech and subscribes fully to the idea that in the marketplace of ideas the truth and correct result will always come out on top. As an example, just recently he argued in another article titled "The Problem…
on “Digital Berlin wall: How the German prototype for online censorship went global” ↗