Freedom of Speech
The UK House of Commons is presented as a model of productive disagreement where forceful debate is not shut down. Under today's content moderation norms, debates about the abolition of slavery or women's suffrage would likely have been fl…
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The UK House of Commons is presented as a model of productive disagreement where forceful debate is not shut down. Under today's content moderation norms, debates about the abolition of slavery or women's suffrage would likely have been flagged as against community guidelines. The article argues that the greatest societal advances in human history have emerged from the best ideas surviving open and honest debate. The article distinguishes between freedom of speech as a formal right and the related but distinct freedom to actually speak and be heard. Suppressing dissent carries the structural risk that important ideas are filtered out before they can be heard.