The core Enlightenment principle supporting free speech is that the best counter to a bad idea is a good idea, with both openly expressible and debatable. This stabilizes society by making everyone think and engage. To censor is to divide and polarize.
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That assumes the users of social media are competent in fact checking and also that information/debates are being put out in good faith. Banning people for disagreeing with you is a bit different then trying to reign in floods of abuse and deliberate misinformation. 1/2
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Political discourse has never been built on a foundation of assumed good faith. Democracies, free societies, and juries have always relied fundamentally on individual judgment about the truth of unproven statements and allegations.
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