Jackie Gardina on Nostr: I struggle with the concept of “free speech” in an age of social media, ...

I struggle with the concept of “free speech” in an age of social media, algorithms, disinformation, distrust in expertise, and the lack of agreement on basic “facts”.

This quote from Robert Post is the best distillation of the problem. He goes on to say “Our public discourse is successful when it produces a healthy public opinion capable of making state power answerable to politics.”

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https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/06/opinion/republicans-democrats-free-speech.html?unlocked_article_code=EUTo8qHGn_AcZ-6_pUIDHKhYPUV1beaP7YHysQqU3MsnY6TMG2QDG9IKMoxi3QmwDHJb2hYSxt6nnL9cT7fIj2izfUQAl2OTJXgijiVlRajvS_LRBGioomRA7CmVPsJr5-M1beqCdOPbeZq0Q0RzICgs97ZOjGhnyLQrApGXij9RP0pJXxmz0wn9lU4MtTz2GY6WAmRTLgyCmvzojdSOi6bRgw3ZihBo4jdTOHo5TqKlDWAyIsUEECMiSxkKM0g-IJ39-Y_BjfCeRZOM_-3rk2bZ_bg5ZsmTiRFZMPVugSxhNSWGFZv2j8_jR3BVQHyPKH46_nbb4pam-qN9e3OMJSFZDA-CIUYR3L8m&smid=url-share