I’ve been seeing some concerning trends whereby anti-vaxx posts are defended as “free speech” and a growing number of users with “Trump Won” sentiments.
Is there going to be a stance taken on this? Or are we going to lose this community, like so many others, to propaganda and hatred?
Extremists are always trying to undermine democracy with the free speech argument, and this is why moderation is needed. It is also not possible to get rid of all propaganda because some info that are spread are hard to verify or to debunk and often take years until someone really find out what is going on.
Free speech is not deliberately spreading misinformation or pseudoscience. Free speech is when you can express your own opinion, and not what others trying to force on you, what you only blindly echo chamber or wrongfully respell.
If you find such communities or individuals just block them, there is not really a point in taking them serious or listen to them.
I do not think Lemmy will lose the battle here, the admins say they are lefties, so the orientation is clear. If something is out of control, you should directly contact the admins and they will respond or take care of things.
The Internet shall be no room in that you can do whatever you want and get away with hate, crime etc. and this is what such people always get wrong.