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Apparently Eric Schmidt does not understand free speech. It involves much more than the freedom to express an opinion. It also involves the freedom to receive information and ideas. This is captured in Article 19 of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights: “Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.”
So, if a media platform (whether it be new media or legacy mainstream) interferes with my opportunity to receive evidence that undermines the U.S. government conspiracy theory that al Qaeda committed 9/11, then that platform has violated my right to freedom of expression and opinion.
What Schmidt’s assertion “Everyone gets their opinion, but not everyone gets a megaphone,” really means is that not everyone gets to hear evidence that might change their mind when a platform doesn’t think they should.
Thanks, ANDREW! May we say that all Elitists act alike in suppressing views unlike their own Agendas ... and that these Agendas have never been more repressive global than now ... and that the Web and Net are becoming more and more their realms of Lies and and Walls and Propaganda ... We need our own Servers and we particularly need more representation of Working-Class People and People of Color and their Cultures across the Internet, I think. Cheers!
Good article.
Apparently Eric Schmidt does not understand free speech. It involves much more than the freedom to express an opinion. It also involves the freedom to receive information and ideas. This is captured in Article 19 of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights: “Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.”
So, if a media platform (whether it be new media or legacy mainstream) interferes with my opportunity to receive evidence that undermines the U.S. government conspiracy theory that al Qaeda committed 9/11, then that platform has violated my right to freedom of expression and opinion.
Similarly, when youtube removes Denis Rancourt’s important interview on The Last American Vagabond, as described here, https://denisrancourt.substack.com/p/far-reaching-interview-removed-from (interview included) it has violated the rights of many thousands.
What Schmidt’s assertion “Everyone gets their opinion, but not everyone gets a megaphone,” really means is that not everyone gets to hear evidence that might change their mind when a platform doesn’t think they should.
Thanks, ANDREW! May we say that all Elitists act alike in suppressing views unlike their own Agendas ... and that these Agendas have never been more repressive global than now ... and that the Web and Net are becoming more and more their realms of Lies and and Walls and Propaganda ... We need our own Servers and we particularly need more representation of Working-Class People and People of Color and their Cultures across the Internet, I think. Cheers!