- Joined
- Feb 14, 2018
Freedom of speech is the right for citizens to say whatever they wish without government censorship. It means the government cannot impose restrictions on what you are able to say and publish (with some exceptions, such as incitement to violence and defamation of character). It has nothing to do with your ability to say whatever you want on a privately-owned website, in which you have absolutely no “freedom of speech” rights whatsoever, only what permissions are given in the rules.
There is no “right” to create an account on GoldenSkate or any other privately-owned website and to say whatever you want, and it’s generally true that he who invokes freedom of speech as a defense is both uneducated in the law and not worth responding to.
There is no “right” to create an account on GoldenSkate or any other privately-owned website and to say whatever you want, and it’s generally true that he who invokes freedom of speech as a defense is both uneducated in the law and not worth responding to.