logoalt Hacker News

pyuser583today at 4:57 AM1 replyview on HN

Freedom of speech is not a European value.


Replies

Anonastytoday at 5:44 AM

Based on what?

https://rsf.org/en/index

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/freedom-of-expression-ind...

I would be more worried about police and wannabe police shooting people on the streets, detaining citizens without due process, sending billions to war in Iran while regular people are struggling with day-to-day life. Your universities and primary schools are restricted what they can teach or say either by government or religious movements.

Sure, the chat control is a serious privacy issue but acting like US is some sort of bastion of free speech is not based on anything real. And yes, while hate speech is not allowed in europe like in the US, we at least understand that freedom comes with responsibility.

show 1 reply