London Mayor comes to USA demanding the country & tech companies ban free speech

[1bad65]

The libs in America are also going after the first amendment, they want European style "hate" speech laws, which is very broad.

The 1st and the 2nd Amendments are their worst enemies, and will be the first they gut if ever given enough political power to do so.

[Theodore]

The 1st and the 2nd Amendments are their worst enemies, and will be the first they gut if ever given enough political power to do so.

They seem to hate the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, and especially the 10th amendment. They basically hate half of the Bill of Rights.

Modern day liberalism has nothing to do with classical liberalism which formed the American Republic. It's more similar to USSR style communism.

[The Big Dunn]

Maybe some guys in this thread could help me out-if you are staunch supporters of free speech, why do you have a problem when non conservatives exercise those same rights?

The guys that post stuff like the Mayor of London is talking about start to whine and cry foul if someone then labels them a racist.

These posters want to be able to say/post anything they want, yet be protected at the same time from words that paint them in a bad light.

How is that possible?

[1bad65]

They seem to hate the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, and especially the 10th amendment. They basically hate half of the Bill of Rights.

True.

tbh, the 10th was gone a lone time ago.

What's funny is that liberals are now arguing for it to be adhered to again, namely so CA can break Federal law. So it actually has some hope of being relevant again.

Modern day liberalism has nothing to do with classical liberalism which formed the American Republic. It's more similar to USSR style communism.

Absolutely correct.

The grubers and superfans who often say "Well our Founders were all liberals" haven't figured that fact out yet, however.

Based on the liberals I've talked to over the decades, I'd wager they probably never will. Most are like my son, stuck on stupid.

[GGG Gloveking]

If hate speech becomes illegal, this site would shut down

[The Big Dunn]

if hate speech becomes illegal, this site would shut down

lmfao!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

[1bad65]

If hate speech becomes illegal, this site would shut down

What's really said is that all the D superfans on the site would be cheering it happening.

"We won! We won!"

Idiots.

[BodiesInFlight]

Did he get a thorough search in customs?

[BostonGuy]

At the annual SXSW festival in Austin on Monday, the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, made a moving plea for tech companies to take on hate speech.

During his talk, the mayor read racist tweets about himself.

"I say kill the mayor of London and you'll be rid of one Muslim terrorist," Khan read aloud. "I'd pay for someone to execute Sadiq Khan."

Khan, the first Muslim mayor of a Western capital city, said he read the half-dozen tweets or so not to "be portrayed as a victim" or "ask for sympathy," but to "illustrate that big tech has further to go in making the internet free of hate speech."

"But ask yourself this: What happens when young boys and girls from minority backgrounds see this kind of thing on their timelines or experience this themselves?" Khan said.

Khan said that tweets like the ones addressed to him send a message to these children that if they don't look a certain way or subscribe to the same establishment beliefs, they will grow up thinking there's no path for them in high-profile careers.

"We simply must do more to protect people online," Khan said.

Khan urged companies like Facebook and Twitter to show "a stronger duty of care" so that "social-media platforms can live up to their promises to connect, unify, and democratize the sharing of information and be places where everyone feels welcomed and valued."

The London mayor suggested that Facebook and Twitter remove offensive content and misinformation faster and face fines if they don't.

In January, Germany began enforcing a new rule that gives social-media platforms 24 hours to decide whether something is hate speech. German police are investigating a far-right politician, Beatrix von Storch, who described Muslims as "barbarians" on Facebook.

Khan says he expects Londoners to pressure their representatives to create a similar rule.

"This isn't about depriving people of free speech — this is about inciting hatred," Khan said. "This is about things that divide our community."

http://www.businessinsider.com/londo...an-sxsw-2018-3

What's the definition of "offensive content"? And who decides?

[1bad65]

What's the definition of "offensive content"? And who decides?

Why the Muslim mayor does, of course.