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From where I am, free speech is with a few exceptions (Germany: Holocaust denial) implemented.

> I have seen, and I am seeing every day, the dangers of completely unrestricted speech

IMO, it's important to point out that from a simple definitions standpoint, speech can only be free when it's unrestricted. And also I believe that free speech isn't dangerous when speech is free. Speech starts to become dangerous when it gets constraint e.g. by force or power.

And then another comment as a software dev that worked since 2014 in crypto: Just because we have decentralized technology that can be used by the badys and the goodies, doesn't mean we'll have to consume both their content.

Centralized/controlled views are always possible and work well today already (e.g. what Google displays vs what is the actual content of the web).




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