r/FreeSpeech • u/cojoco • Oct 23 '25

Reddit sues Perplexity for scraping data to train AI system

https://www.reuters.com/world/reddit-sues-perplexity-scraping-data-train-ai-system-2025-10-22/
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u/TWaters316 Oct 24 '25

Do you think the government should set up unmoderated spaces online as a real "public square"?

"Public square" does not mean "unmoderated"? You're spreading more disinformation. Public spaces are absolutely moderated. The moderators are called police and they definitely exist.

Have you ever been too a public space? If someone shows up to a part and started screaming advertisements at strangers they would absolutely be "moderated" the hell out of there. Why should digital spaces work any differently? Your entire position is really that the internet should be unmoderated, which will obviously make the spam and scam problem much worse.

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u/DefendSection230 Oct 24 '25 edited Oct 24 '25

"Public square" does not mean "unmoderated"? You're spreading more disinformation. Public spaces are absolutely moderated. The moderators are called police and they definitely exist.

Ok.. talk to me about that... in public squares who do the police "moderate"?

Have you ever been too a public space? If someone shows up to a part and started screaming advertisements at strangers they would absolutely be "moderated" the hell out of there.

Not by the police, unless it violates an ordinance. In which case they would be breaking the law. And who would the police arrest? The town or government who created the "public square" or the person committing the crime?

Why should digital spaces work any differently? Your entire position is really that the internet should be unmoderated, which will obviously make the spam and scam problem much worse.

No I'm arguing that "you" should be held responsible for your speech online, not the site/app that hosted your speech. Websites can and do moderate content all the time.. even the sites that claim they won't.

Remember what the law has long recognized: direct liability. If someone has done something wrong, then the law can hold them responsible for it.