Firefox bans free speech commenting plugin Dissenter from its extensions gallery
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Re: Firefox bans free speech commenting plugin Dissenter from its extensions gallery
#2Big money loves censorship. Why else would every big tech firm be so adamantly involved in it?
Re: Firefox bans free speech commenting plugin Dissenter from its extensions gallery
#3Please, tell me again why Firefox is not evil and respect their users.
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#4It's almost like they want to fail.
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#5I don't think these folks understand the first amendment if they think it's relevant here...
Re: Firefox bans free speech commenting plugin Dissenter from its extensions gallery
#6I didn't know much about Dissenter until I Googled it just now, and it looks like its audience is primarily folk on the far/alt-right. Hell, it was created by Gab[1].
Given the rhetoric that is often found in comments from those groups, it's not too hard to imagine that the complaints Mozilla cited as the reasons for removal are legitimate.
[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gab_(social_network)#Dissenter
Re: Firefox bans free speech commenting plugin Dissenter from its extensions gallery
#7If you have to create a special message board that is the only place where you can say what you want to, perhaps you should think about what you are saying.
This is so obviously not an issue of "free speech." Free speech means the government cannot prosecute you for what you say. Any company can tell you to fuck off for any reason though, and that's the free market all the "free speech" advocates love so much.
Re: Firefox bans free speech commenting plugin Dissenter from its extensions gallery
#8If you have to create a special message board that is the only place where you can say what you want to, perhaps you should think about what you are saying. This is so obviously not an issue of "free speech." Free speech means the government cannot prosecute you for what you say. Any company can tell you to fuck off for any reason though, and that's the free market all the "free speech" advocates love so much.
> Free speech means the government cannot prosecute you for what you say.
No, that's the 1st amendment of the US constitution. Free speech is a broader concept, and the 1st amendment defends it only from government interference.
Re: Firefox bans free speech commenting plugin Dissenter from its extensions gallery
#9Please, tell me again why Firefox is not evil and respect their users.
Because Dissenter was created by Gab, a far/alt-right online platform. Such groups are known for fostering hostile environments online towards people of various religions, races, cultural/political views, etc.. It is by no means a stretch of the imagination for Mozilla to claim that users of the app were using it for such purposes. As such, it would be apropos for Mozilla to remove an app that provides a platform for individuals to disrespect others.
Were Mozilla to keep it up, they would not be "respect[ing] their users".
Re: Firefox bans free speech commenting plugin Dissenter from its extensions gallery
#10Please, tell me again why Firefox is not evil and respect their users.
Because Dissenter was created by Gab, a far/alt-right online platform. Such groups are known for fostering hostile environments online towards people of various religions, races, cultural/political views, etc.. It is by no means a stretch of the imagination for Mozilla to claim that users of the app were using it for such purposes. As such, it would be apropos for Mozilla to remove an app that provides a platform for…
This is a lie.
Gab is not a far/alt right specific platform. It's just a place where you can say whatever you want.
Problem is the left calls far right or offensive to anything they disagree with.