Moderation Supports the Principles of Free Speech ⇥ techdirt.com

Mike Masnick, of Techdirt, with a full-throated defence of the concepts of society and context in general:

The internet itself is an incredible platform for free speech, and we should be fighting to keep that wider internet open and free from too much regulatory burden and limits. But part of the reason the internet is such an incredible platform is that on the internet, anyone is able to find different communities that they feel are appropriate for them. Or to create their own without first having to get permission.

The people who demand that someone else’s community must conform to their standards aren’t supporting “principles of free speech,” they’re demanding others bend to their wills.

Exactly right.