Talking about social media censorship

56:00  I ask Josh what people mean when they talk about nationalising social media.  

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/aug/30/nationalise-google-facebook-amazon-data-monopoly-platform-public-interest

https://theconversation.com/why-not-nationalize-facebook-93816

https://www.newstatesman.com/science-tech/social-media/2018/04/it-s-time-think-about-nationalising-twitter

https://www.forbes.com/consent/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamthierer/2012/08/17/10-reasons-why-nationalizing-facebook-would-be-ridiculous/

1:51:00  I ask about Jared Taylor's lawsuit against Twitter.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-43154727

Affiliated in this context should mean "connected with groups who incite and inflict violence who are approved of and encouraged by Jared Taylor".  

http://lukeford.net/blog/?p=123244

1:56:00  If we are accused of hate speech, the nature of it should be cited and tweeters should have the right to appeal.  

1:57:00  Why is the government telling us we can and cannot hate?  

1:58:00  It was Germany that proposed fining Facebook for not removing quickly enough content that that the German government found objectionable. "Hate speech"is speech and views the government hates.  

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2017/06/30/germany-fine-facebook-youtube-50m-fail-delete-hate-speech/

New internet laws pledged as social media firms snub talks

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-44188805

https://www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/communications-social-media

2:02:00  Social media ban in Kashmir

A Voice from Kashmir

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdDH2fM5k54&t=6s

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/05/experts-call-lifting-kashmir-social-media-ban-170511211417586.html

https://www.hindustantimes.com/authors/the-utter-uselessness-of-banning-social-media-in-kashmir/story-cjcZWIhHEXZ6o7PcwNGJ6I.html

2:04:00 The only speech that should be illegal are defamation and incitement to crime and violence.  

2:21:00  What can we do to fight censorship and the increasing repression of the liberal state?

2:23:00  Protection from being offended for the intersectional groups but not for the heterosexual white male.

2:24:00  For a white heterosexual male to complain about discrimination is to lower himself in the eyes of other white heterosexual males.   

2:34:00  I finally realise who I was talking to! The Civil Rights Act in the US is holier than the Equality Act 2010, it would appear.  

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/the-anti-semitic-spokesman-for-white-nationalist-candidate-paul-nehlen-grew-up-jewish_us_5a84aea4e4b0ab6daf458f54

Attorney Josh Smith’s Social Media Anti-Censorship Act (#SMACA) proposal would prohibit censorship of lawful speech on major social media platforms.

Here is a summary of the legislation: pic.twitter.com/WsGJRIje2o

— Dan Halen Industries (@HalenIndus) August 8, 2018

Here is a transcript of a podcast interview in which I discussed the proposal in-depth and explained why the other options are simply not viable: https://t.co/KvPeuKVwZw.

Perhaps you could interview me, and I could explain the proposal and answer questions you have about it?

— Dan Halen Industries (@HalenIndus) August 11, 2018

At most, Facebook would only be able to block access to the post for those users within Germany. An argument could be made, however, that Facebook would not be permitted even to do that, because Facebook is a U.S. company and U.S. law supercedes contrary foreign law. 😉

— Dan Halen Industries (@HalenIndus) August 9, 2018