• cows_are_underrated
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    3 days ago

    The important thing is, that in Europe free speech is normally defined as the freedom to say everything as long as it doesn’t hurt anyone else. This is also with a lot of different forms of freedom. Your freedom ends where the freedom of others begin.

    • Eril
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      3 days ago

      And that is the proper definition imo. Other people are not NPCs, you are not the main character🤷

    • InFerNo@lemmy.ml
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      3 days ago

      That also exists in the US under libel. You can’t say anything you want if it harms someone, unless I’m mistaken.

      • Sweetpeaches69@lemmy.world
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        2 days ago

        But that takes a lawsuit, which takes money. As such, it’s really only a law to prevent the poors from speaking ill of the powerful.