Sam Lessin: Free speech protections should not extend globally to non-Americans
Sam Lessin · #62: Telegram, Free Speech and Its Limits · More or Less Podcast · Aug 30, 2024 · at 36:04
Sam Lessin (Slow Ventures) argues that constitutional free speech exists specifically to strengthen the United States and should not extend to foreign nationals on domestic networks.
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“I mean, my personal view on this is the same reason why I think we should ban TikTok, right? Which is, like, free speech is meant to, like, it's not, like, a right for the sake of being a right, right? It's a right to make our country stronger, right? And to make, and to, like, promote our people. If you give free speech, unlimited free speech to everyone globally, when you recognize there's three hundred million Americans and eight billion people on Earth, right, the incentives are just fucked, right?”
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