My word, Andrew — it sounds like you want to interfere when enterprises’ right to operate their businesses ad they see fit, a free speech issue if ever there was one! Or, back down here in reality, we can actually identify that platforms operate within a series of internal policies and legal/regulatory regimes, and people have a right to opine as to how they would like those things to operate. Or perhaps the entire business model of commercializing human self-expression to the cynical nadir where it has landed is rotten to the core. But it takes some pretzel logic to come to the determination that “liberals” and , even worse yet, “academia,”are responsible, via asking for various kinds of concessions and regulations to protect users of all kinds, for right-wing autocracy. Shrug. — S a r a h T. R o b e r t s, P h. D. behalf of andrew.lowenthal--- via Air-L <air-l@listserv.aoir.org>
Date: Tuesday, December 6, 2022 at 12:23 PM To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org <air-l@listserv.aoir.org> Subject: Re: [Air-L] Elon Musk & free speech It is truly breathtaking that the default position now in 'academia' is one of free speech suppression...
"Do we tolerate too much?" is asked... perhaps ask someone in Indonesia who as of today can face jail criticising the president... anti-free speech 'liberals' embolden authoritarians around the world.
The fact that people are going in to bat for Big Tech for suppressing a story about the Biden family dealings in Ukraine and China (to say nothing of Hunter's predilections for cocaine and sex workers) is astounding... how much lower can 'academia' sink?
Interest in the actual truth is long gone, and liberals are just as partisan as conservatives. Intellectuals who care nothing for party tribalism are all but extinct (or at least very quiet).
If you are interested in a different take you might like to try this...
Best, Andrew