Networked communication and the reprise of tolerance theory: Civic education for extreme speech and private governance online

Q2 Social Sciences

First Amendment Studies Pub Date : 2016-01-02 DOI:10.1080/21689725.2016.1154478

B. Johnson

引用次数: 5

Abstract

Abstract Digital intermediaries such as Facebook and Twitter have the power to remove extreme or harmful speech from their platforms after individual users have “flagged” that speech. Such power over the public discourse in the hands of individuals and digital intermediaries raises concerns for online freedom of expression. This article asks: how can First Amendment principles be applied to assess this system of private governance of extreme speech? This article argues that Lee Bollinger’s tolerance theory offers the best interpretation of First Amendment principles to apply to assessing this system due to its unique focus on individual intolerance toward extreme speech.

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网络传播与宽容理论的再现:极端言论的公民教育与网络私人治理

Facebook和Twitter等数字中介机构有权在个人用户“标记”极端或有害言论后，从其平台上删除这些言论。这种掌握在个人和数字中介手中的公共话语权力，引发了人们对网络言论自由的担忧。本文提出的问题是:如何运用第一修正案的原则来评估这种对极端言论的私人治理制度?本文认为，Lee Bollinger的宽容理论提供了对第一修正案原则的最佳解释，适用于评估这一制度，因为它独特地关注个人对极端言论的不容忍。

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First Amendment Studies Social Sciences-Law

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期刊介绍： First Amendment Studies publishes original scholarship on all aspects of free speech and embraces the full range of critical, historical, empirical, and descriptive methodologies. First Amendment Studies welcomes scholarship addressing areas including but not limited to: • doctrinal analysis of international and national free speech law and legislation • rhetorical analysis of cases and judicial rhetoric • theoretical and cultural issues related to free speech • the role of free speech in a wide variety of contexts (e.g., organizations, popular culture, traditional and new media).