▲ 1215 ▼ Microsoft fires employee protestor who called AI boss a ‘war profiteer’ (www.theverge.com) submitted 1 year ago by tonytins@pawb.social to c/technology@lemmy.world 161 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 42 points 1 year ago (1 child) There is no such thing as "free speech" under capitalism. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago (3 children) sounds like you don’t know what free speech is permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] SasquatchBanana@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) It doesn't seem they are using free speech in the same sense as the American first amendment (they may not be from the USA). But i would argue that if companies want to play politics, run countries, and be that integrated in people's lives then free speech as a concept should extend to companies. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago As a not-American we don’t say we have freedom of speech, we say we have protected speech and that is more inline with what you want permalink fedilink source parent [–] Gonzako@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Yeah, about not being sent to a gulag for criticising the goberment permalink fedilink source parent [+] DontMakeMoreBabies@lemm.ee -7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children) Shhhhh... Get out of here with your nuance. Let them screech about the bad private company violating the First Amendment. It makes the monkeys feel better. Edit: permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago That was the opposite of nuance. It was pedantry that deliberately missed the point. permalink fedilink source parent [–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago Let them screech about the bad private company violating the First Amendment. How many billions of dollars in government contracts do you need to receive before the line blurs? Microsoft might as well be a subsidiary of the Federal Bureaucracy, given the role it plays in national security, infrastructure, and data management. The US government is its biggest client by far. permalink fedilink source parent [–] fyzzlefry@retrolemmy.com -1 points 1 year ago Jerk harder! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago (3 children) sounds like you don’t know what free speech is permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] SasquatchBanana@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) It doesn't seem they are using free speech in the same sense as the American first amendment (they may not be from the USA). But i would argue that if companies want to play politics, run countries, and be that integrated in people's lives then free speech as a concept should extend to companies. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago As a not-American we don’t say we have freedom of speech, we say we have protected speech and that is more inline with what you want permalink fedilink source parent [–] Gonzako@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Yeah, about not being sent to a gulag for criticising the goberment permalink fedilink source parent [+] DontMakeMoreBabies@lemm.ee -7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children) Shhhhh... Get out of here with your nuance. Let them screech about the bad private company violating the First Amendment. It makes the monkeys feel better. Edit: permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago That was the opposite of nuance. It was pedantry that deliberately missed the point. permalink fedilink source parent [–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago Let them screech about the bad private company violating the First Amendment. How many billions of dollars in government contracts do you need to receive before the line blurs? Microsoft might as well be a subsidiary of the Federal Bureaucracy, given the role it plays in national security, infrastructure, and data management. The US government is its biggest client by far. permalink fedilink source parent [–] fyzzlefry@retrolemmy.com -1 points 1 year ago Jerk harder! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SasquatchBanana@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) It doesn't seem they are using free speech in the same sense as the American first amendment (they may not be from the USA). But i would argue that if companies want to play politics, run countries, and be that integrated in people's lives then free speech as a concept should extend to companies. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago As a not-American we don’t say we have freedom of speech, we say we have protected speech and that is more inline with what you want permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago As a not-American we don’t say we have freedom of speech, we say we have protected speech and that is more inline with what you want permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Gonzako@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Yeah, about not being sent to a gulag for criticising the goberment permalink fedilink source parent
[+] DontMakeMoreBabies@lemm.ee -7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children) Shhhhh... Get out of here with your nuance. Let them screech about the bad private company violating the First Amendment. It makes the monkeys feel better. Edit: permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago That was the opposite of nuance. It was pedantry that deliberately missed the point. permalink fedilink source parent [–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago Let them screech about the bad private company violating the First Amendment. How many billions of dollars in government contracts do you need to receive before the line blurs? Microsoft might as well be a subsidiary of the Federal Bureaucracy, given the role it plays in national security, infrastructure, and data management. The US government is its biggest client by far. permalink fedilink source parent [–] fyzzlefry@retrolemmy.com -1 points 1 year ago Jerk harder! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago That was the opposite of nuance. It was pedantry that deliberately missed the point. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago Let them screech about the bad private company violating the First Amendment. How many billions of dollars in government contracts do you need to receive before the line blurs? Microsoft might as well be a subsidiary of the Federal Bureaucracy, given the role it plays in national security, infrastructure, and data management. The US government is its biggest client by far. permalink fedilink source parent