ewerk 26738 Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 In this case? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Carr's Gloves 3243 Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 In this case? No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26738 Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 Glad we've cleared that up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makom 0 Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 Granted leave to appeal by Sweden's Supreme Court. Not sure if that means he's going to go back or not? And I though he said was meant to be leaving the embassy "imminently" 6 months ago? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 70 Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Swedes are going to interview him in the Embassy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted August 12, 2015 Author Share Posted August 12, 2015 because... A Freedom of Information request submitted by the Hazel Press news organization has revealed that Sweden has granted 44 requests to interview witnesses or suspects in the UK since 2010, the Press Association reports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted August 12, 2015 Author Share Posted August 12, 2015 and now Swedish prosecutors will drop their investigation into sexual assault allegations against Julian Assange on Thursday because of the statutes of limitation, the BBC has learned. Prosecutors had until 13 August to question Mr Assange about one accusation of sexual molestation and one of unlawful coercion, while the time limit on a further allegation of sexual molestation runs out on 18 August. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 70 Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 14132 Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 "an Disinformation Agent"? Promising start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 70 Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 Part 49 probably knackered by then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26738 Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 Apparently Wikileaks don't believe in any restrictions on speech. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted July 22, 2016 Author Share Posted July 22, 2016 Did @nero incite violence? They're a free speech advocacy group. Organisations like the ACLU defend the right to hate speech too. The supreme court backed the KKK's right to hate speech in Brandenburg v. Ohio. @lesdogg has the right to block anyone giving her abuse. A principled free speech defence comes when you defend the most abhorrent speech you most vehemently oppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted July 22, 2016 Author Share Posted July 22, 2016 Except for this place not having 300m users, half of whom have got a hard on about defending free speech Was nice to see anonymous defend Twitter like. Tough call that would piss off a great number of people whatever was decided. A bit like LM. Imagine the uproar if the issue was over something more important than a celebrity cunt, chasing celebrities to be a cunt to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26738 Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 @lesdogg has the right to block anyone giving her abuse. A principled free speech defence comes when you defend the most abhorrent speech you most vehemently oppose. So the right to spout personal racist abuse should be defended? The recipient should just ignore it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted July 23, 2016 Author Share Posted July 23, 2016 So the right to spout personal racist abuse should be defended? The recipient should just ignore it?That's a difficult moral question. When does criticism cross the line into abuse that should be acted on lawfully? Like the NRA after a shooting though, wikileaks and the ACLU are going to stick with their core message, not cede ground in the overall debate. The law in the US is pretty black and white, all speech is protected. No matter how hateful. That's different from most European countries where shades of grey are accounted for. But difficult for the public to be informed on where protections stop and start. Obviously Twitter are not obligated to allow anyone on, and their T&Cs aren't aligned with laws necessarily, they can be more intolerant of any abusive language, but their interpretation of what to allow or not invites discussion of the shades of grey. Personally I can see both sides, but I think I like the American way better. The victim here would have the support of 99% of people reading about it. The antagonist comes out of it with no credit whatsoever and i don't think that she's been made to fear for her safety at any point. I don't think it teaches fat, black 5 year olds methods for dealing with the abuse they get every day when adults ban abusive people rather than win the argument. Not saying you've done this, but it worries me when the "I'm Charlie Hebdo" line of free speech defense withers when it's not Muslims that are the victim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 4964 Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 (edited) Agree with HF, ultimately. I don't know what the comment was, but had they left it up the individual posting it would have been rightfully pilloried. I feel that this sends a better message than banning. Whoever the guy was probably now feels he's a martyr for free speech rather than a pillock with several thousand critical re-tweets. And indeed, tolerating and then making fun of someone is usually what we do on here. Edited July 23, 2016 by Rayvin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 70 Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 (edited) Follow.Like.Kill. Edited July 23, 2016 by Park Life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 27370 Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 The poll on this left out the 'Who the fuck is Julian Assange?' box to tick. (FAO Gemmill, I now know who he is). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 35306 Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 LeBron James's teammate.i Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 27370 Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 LeBron James's teammate.iHeard of him. (Don't know what he does, though). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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