A Proton Social Media Platform
Having an uncensored platform to express ideas would be a game changer in the world of social media. X, (formerly "Twitter"), as well as Gab, Truth Social, Parler, et. al., have moderators who decide what is acceptable. This is NOT free speech. What one person (or moderator), finds offensive, another may find humorous or innocuous or blustering rhetoric. Freedom to express ideas and opinions, even ones that some might find offensive, (i.e. war, race, gender, ethnicity, etc.,) or anything else that might hurt someone's feelings should be absolute. Having filters in place where users can choose whether or not to see certain topics in their feeds would be a way to protect the feelings of users who believe that free speech should exclude anything that the individual considers offensive. When any rules are in place, someone somewhere is having their right to speak freely restricted or prohibited. While most individuals have something that they find offensive, (for me, crossing the line would be anything to do with promoting or advocating child/elderly/animal abuse, human trafficking, stalking, to name a few), protecting everyone's feelings all the time is impossible and impractical. While the idea of an uncensored social media platform will definitely generate push-back, "Free Speech" is just that; FREE. Yes, there will be attention-seeking individuals and trolls that will post content designed solely to illicit a response, it's not my place (or anyone else's), to censor them. For content that others find outlandish, inappropriate or even garish, the solution is simple; don't engage with them. The community as a whole will decide what it finds offensive and that alone will serve as its own form of censorship.
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Walter Stolz
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Isnt Matrix alr trying that?