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		tomschwiha 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Telegram's Durov says France asked to remove some ... Free speech ends when it conflicts with the law or the rights of others - for example, the right to make a free voting decision. Spreading fake news or knowingly lying is not free speech, but rather an abuse of the term.

psychoslave 3 months ago | [–]

Turning it the other way around makes more sense: freedom of one starts where it confirms those of others.

u8080 3 months ago | [–]

>Free speech ends when it conflicts with the law

This is exactly what happens under totalitarian governments - status quo people in power erode freedoms by tweaking laws.

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