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There are similar moves to "make people accountable" for their online actions in the west as well; only the details differ, the motivation is the same -- structural control of online activities and content.
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Could you define “harm”?
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I care more what happens to me, than what I care what happens in a random part of the world. You may not like it, and it may not suit your agenda, but it do be like that.
And that alleged agenda is?
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> your speech causes harm, you should have to make it right Could you define “harm”?
Any place a lie is told, and somebody losses money or is otherwise harmed by that lie.
I'm not talking about peoples feelings being hurt.
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Anonymous speech is important for anti-corruption. The Washington Post's Watergate investigation would not have taken place without the anonymous sourcing by "Deep Throat."
I don't know about the US, but I believe in some jurisdictions the newspaper and the journalist risk lawsuits if the information they report is a lie.
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Other than a direct threat or call to action that involves direct threats, how is speech "harmful" - sure, sometimes I get my own tyrranical bents and wish that certain things would be better left unsaid, but realistically, what is "harmful speech" besides someone with particular foul breath?
Even a truth that you were not ready to share with the world could be very harmful.
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> your speech causes harm, you should have to make it right Could you define “harm”?
Say for example, false accusations were made against somebody and they were fired. Any place a lie is told, and somebody losses money or is otherwise harmed by that lie. I'm not talking about peoples feelings being hurt.
Because I can think of plenty of things others do that get people fired, without any falsity to it. Should we prosecute calling up someone's employer and urging them to fire them?