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The issue here is that a stroke of a pen can render previously legal speech into a jailable offence.
Australia Parliament has just passed new legislation that, for just one example, outlaws reciting Bible verses if the state believes it has the potential to cause offense to someone. Honest criticism of government policies is also to be considered "hate speech". The legislation is retroactive as well so past speech is to judged by this new standard.
I agree that Nostr should not be used to facilitate criminal activity. But maybe the platforms that censor people are much safer in our modern world.

Constant · 4w
Thats ultimately a political battle. If you have written a book that after the fact is deemed wrongthink you have the exact same problem, or any public expression for that matter regardless of medium. Atleast with Nostr you are free to use a pen name/psuedonym, which has been ussed throughout time ...
nostrich · 4w
You are usually only guilty for what is illegal at the time you do it. If I do something, then it becomes a crime, I can't be charged for it. Of course, even these basic principles of democracy can be broken, along with freedom of speech, but Nostr is not even supposed to be a solution to that prob...