I found this a fascinating and insightful discussion, but also very scary.
One facet that neither Matt nor Michael touched on -- and I never hear any of these discussions address -- is the relative meaning of words and phrases like "misinformation," "disinformation," and "hate speech."
When Tim Walz says there’s no right to free speech for…
I found this a fascinating and insightful discussion, but also very scary.
One facet that neither Matt nor Michael touched on -- and I never hear any of these discussions address -- is the relative meaning of words and phrases like "misinformation," "disinformation," and "hate speech."
When Tim Walz says there’s no right to free speech for misinformation or hate speech, he’s implicitly saying that he is the gatekeeper and will determine what exactly is misinformation and hate speech. And we know how he would define those terms. That’s an angle that needs to be discussed much more and I wish that this discussion had done that.
I found this a fascinating and insightful discussion, but also very scary.
One facet that neither Matt nor Michael touched on -- and I never hear any of these discussions address -- is the relative meaning of words and phrases like "misinformation," "disinformation," and "hate speech."
When Tim Walz says there’s no right to free speech for misinformation or hate speech, he’s implicitly saying that he is the gatekeeper and will determine what exactly is misinformation and hate speech. And we know how he would define those terms. That’s an angle that needs to be discussed much more and I wish that this discussion had done that.