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Offline TimG

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One of the issues with a court is speed. I am thinking about things like the idiot with the ice pick in Montreal, or the more recent New Zealand massacre. I don't know if they fall within your "incitement of violence" line, but certainly everything should be done as quickly as possible to eliminate their spread.
When dealing with a company that controls access to the "public square" there has to be an independent tribunal that assesses the facts and applies the law while looking at precedents. There are cases where the judgement of a private company can be used to take content down immediately provided the censored individual has the right to appeal to this tribunal which will make the final determination. This tribunal could be separate from the courts.

The other issue with a court is the fact that the Internet is international in scope.
The recent anti-free speech law passed in the EU is the reason why we need to be proactive about defending ours lest we get stuck with the standards imposed by other countries because the Internet is 'global'. China already pressuring multi-nationals into suppressing speech it does not like outside the borders of China. If we are not vigilant we could lose our free speech because there are so many powerful countries that do not care about that right.
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