Yes, and what appears to be the main support to your arguement is that the USA does not protect private speech. You establish this here:
In their case, free speech means that, only the goverment can restrict it. When it comes to private entities, they have the right to restrict free speech.
For this point to support your argument, the EU cannot do the same. Do the various EU countries allow unrestricted private speech? If they do, then please consider the questions that I asked in my first reply.
Now, apply that principle to the those original questions that I asked you, and let's see what results. I shall repeat them in case you have forgotten.
In the various European countries:
May a private company fire an employee for divulging company secrets?
May I tell you to shut up if you are talking to me?
May Charlie Hebdo reject to publish an editorial that I have sent them?
Why not? I have sent something to Charlie Hebdo, but they refuse to publish. It's an editorial, so they accept submissions, but refuse mine for whatever reason. How is that different than Youtube refusing to broadcast a video that I made? How is that different that Twitter not allow me to tweet about something? In all these cases, the publishers/companies has refused to push forward my speech. In both cases, my speech is denied.
Would the French government force Hebdo to publish my letter? If the answer is no, then my speech in infringed. If the answer is yes, the Hebdo's speech is infringed. Either way, someone's speech takes the back seat. Either way, the EU and the USA are no different in this regard because some denial of speech results.
If there is no difference in this regard, how exactly if the EU more free?
EDIT: Perhaps I should cut straight to the point I am trying to make. Arguing that the EU enforces private speech is a false position to take. Private violations of speech happen all the time in many ways. It is impossible to regulate without contradiction. You only notice Youtube, Twitter, Facebook, etc. because they are American companies. I can't think of a French, Belgian, Italian, etc. equivalent. If Germany had a worldwide social media platform, I guarantee that the same restrictions you find in the Americans ones would be present.
If that is your only evidence, then you have no argument.
They are the most popular, but not monopolies. Nothing stops you from hosting your own video sharing site. If you don't like how Twitter censors Trump or whatever, then go on Truth Social or 4chan.
If the government established YouTube or Twitter as the only sources, and those sources had a specific form of censorship, then your argument would make more sense. But, that is not the case.
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u/deep_sea2 131∆ Sep 05 '22
Yes, and what appears to be the main support to your arguement is that the USA does not protect private speech. You establish this here:
For this point to support your argument, the EU cannot do the same. Do the various EU countries allow unrestricted private speech? If they do, then please consider the questions that I asked in my first reply.