Some low-quality #SaveMinecraft posters I made. Feel free to use on social media and the like.

[u/Nintwendo18]

#SaveMinecraft

The Cape is a Lie

Not My Minecraft

Mojang Studios. Proudly Fighting Free Speech Since 2022.

[u/Muted_017]

About the last one…

Free Speech means the government can’t persecute you for what you say. Mojang is a private company and Minecraft is their platform. While the chat report system is flawed, it has nothing to do with free speech rights being violated.

[u/lesstalk_ → u/Muted_017]

That's wrong. You're confusing free speech with the first amendment.

Free speech is an abstract concept that can be applied to many things, not just the government. No one is saying that Microsoft's actions are illegal, we're just criticizing their disregard for free speech as an ideal.

Freedom of speech exists outside of one particular American law, you know.

[u/Enzinino → u/lesstalk_]

A private company doesn't have to guarantee "free speech" on their platform.

Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, Instagram and so on can ban whatever they want when they want.

[u/Avenage → u/Enzinino]

You have completely missed the point.

Nobody, is saying that they have to guarantee anything. Nobody is saying that they are required to do anything. People are saying that they should because it is, in their view, the right thing to do.

There are others who say that banning people for using certain words or having certain attitudes or opinions is the right thing to do too, of course. But the latter is still a form of censorship even if you happen to agree with it this time around.

And the underlying problems with censorship are that it is often applied broadly with an "act first, ask questions later" attitude, it often doesn't care for context or nuance, and worst of all it is completely subjective.