Unfortunately, consent isn't what matters to most people now. They want dangerous ideas to be eliminated. And there can be no discussion about what is declared dangerous. That kind of discussion is...dangerous.
On Thu, Jan 14, 2021, 12:44 PM Hans-Martin Mosner via mailop < mailop@mailop.org> wrote: > Am 14.01.21 um 19:06 schrieb Jaroslaw Rafa via mailop: > > Who will draw the line between what is and what isn't allowed to > publish/send/say on the Net? Who will guarantee taht when you send some > political content with which your ISP doesn't agree, you won't be labeled as > "spammer" and "bad guy" and banned? A *lot* (and I mean a *lot*) of care > is required with regard to these things and my perception is that our > today's society is just not able to being careful... :( It's always either > one side or the other... > > In the area of e-mail (that's the topic here) there's a very simple rule > which covers almost all cases nicely: > > *I'ts about consent, not content.* > > If I did not agree to someone pushing their crap into my mailbox or onto > my smartphone, I want the directly accessible entity to take measures to > stop that abusive behavior, preferably not only as far as my mailbox is > affected (listwashing) but as far as every unwanting recipient is affected. > The discussion about spam and free speech is as old as spam itself, and > it's almost always a strawman argument. Stopping spammers is *not* > censoring free speech. > > What Michael probably meant with the allusion to Trump being banned was > that providers become aware that they can't hide behind free speech > argument all the time. > > I won't discuss the appropriateness of blocking Trump in social media on > this mailing list, although I have a very clear opinion on that. > > Cheers, > Hans-Martin > _______________________________________________ > mailop mailing list > mailop@mailop.org > https://list.mailop.org/listinfo/mailop >
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