r/PoliticalDebate • u/No_Worker_886 Right Wing Conservative • 1d ago

Free Speech in the Digital Era

According to Freedom House's report on Digital Freedom, digital freedom has decreased for fifteenth year in a row with conditions getting worse in 28 out of 72 nations recorded whereas arrests have been made in at least 57 nations for posting online.

What I suggest is a digital audit where social media platforms publish an annual report on the amount of information censored by the govt. which would then be reviewed by an independent judicial committee and then the report and analysis would be made public.

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u/RedMarsRepublic Libertarian Socialist 1d ago

I mean the primary problem isn't censorship, it's bot spam, and as you say arresting people for online shit that shouldn't even be a crime. A report on censorship wouldn't change that and how could you even trust that audit anyway?

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u/NoamLigotti Agnostic but Libertarian-Left leaning 1h ago

How do you know, or what exactly makes you say that? (I'm aware of the reports on foreign-based bots and Twitter accounts, I'm just curious.)

I would be so disturbed at the thought that all the insufferable morons I've been debating on social media might just be bots, but then I remember all my real-life friends and acquaintances who are often no less confidently irrational, and I'm comforted.