<story><title>State Governments Can’t Resist the Siren Song of Censorship</title><url>https://www.techdirt.com/2023/08/30/state-governments-cant-resist-the-siren-song-of-censorship/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ryandrake</author><text>In the US, minds are slowly changing on free speech. 40% of Millennials are OK with limiting speech offensive to minorities[1] and the trend by age cohort is very clear. We may disagree but we old people are aging out, and the newer generations are less likely to be free speech absolutists. Another poll[2] shows 61 percent of Americans agree that free speech should be restricted, and 51 percent believe that the First Amendment, ratified in 1791, should be rewritten to reflect the new cultural norms of today.&lt;p&gt;1: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.pewresearch.org&amp;#x2F;short-reads&amp;#x2F;2015&amp;#x2F;11&amp;#x2F;20&amp;#x2F;40-of-millennials-ok-with-limiting-speech-offensive-to-minorities&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.pewresearch.org&amp;#x2F;short-reads&amp;#x2F;2015&amp;#x2F;11&amp;#x2F;20&amp;#x2F;40-of-mil...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;2: &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;campaignforfreespeech.org&amp;#x2F;new-poll-free-speech-under-attack-majority-of-millennials-agree-jail-time-is-appropriate-for-certain-speech&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;campaignforfreespeech.org&amp;#x2F;new-poll-free-speech-under-...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>uLogMicheal</author><text>We live in an age of government driven perception management at scale. From all over the world there are efforts online trying to erode free speech by either making things bad enough to convince others action against fundamental rights is needed, or by other more subtle means of manipulation. Do the people polled understand the current and historical significance of freedom of speech or have they been attacked into submission from division manufactured by sources that want the repeal of common freedoms?</text></comment>
<story><title>State Governments Can’t Resist the Siren Song of Censorship</title><url>https://www.techdirt.com/2023/08/30/state-governments-cant-resist-the-siren-song-of-censorship/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ryandrake</author><text>In the US, minds are slowly changing on free speech. 40% of Millennials are OK with limiting speech offensive to minorities[1] and the trend by age cohort is very clear. We may disagree but we old people are aging out, and the newer generations are less likely to be free speech absolutists. Another poll[2] shows 61 percent of Americans agree that free speech should be restricted, and 51 percent believe that the First Amendment, ratified in 1791, should be rewritten to reflect the new cultural norms of today.&lt;p&gt;1: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.pewresearch.org&amp;#x2F;short-reads&amp;#x2F;2015&amp;#x2F;11&amp;#x2F;20&amp;#x2F;40-of-millennials-ok-with-limiting-speech-offensive-to-minorities&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.pewresearch.org&amp;#x2F;short-reads&amp;#x2F;2015&amp;#x2F;11&amp;#x2F;20&amp;#x2F;40-of-mil...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;2: &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;campaignforfreespeech.org&amp;#x2F;new-poll-free-speech-under-attack-majority-of-millennials-agree-jail-time-is-appropriate-for-certain-speech&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;campaignforfreespeech.org&amp;#x2F;new-poll-free-speech-under-...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>logicchains</author><text>&amp;gt; 40% of Millennials are OK with limiting speech offensive to minorities[1]&lt;p&gt;That poll is from 2015 (and the other from 2019), not necessarily representative of current views. &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.nytimes.com&amp;#x2F;2023&amp;#x2F;06&amp;#x2F;01&amp;#x2F;upshot&amp;#x2F;millennials-polling-politics-republicans.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.nytimes.com&amp;#x2F;2023&amp;#x2F;06&amp;#x2F;01&amp;#x2F;upshot&amp;#x2F;millennials-pollin...&lt;/a&gt; millennials are becoming more conservative as they age (and many were radicalised by the covid response).</text></comment>