hate speech is protected speech on nostr, but users are still going to request that devs do something so they don’t have to see it
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I’m not sure on the correct phrasing here,
Protected implies there is a legal framework to forbid other legal framework from infringing… “hate speech” requires a legal framework to define what that is, and there is a debate if it is a thing at all.
There is nothing stopping a relay from complying with a certain legal system that has defined it, resistance is probably a good term here, as it’s not protected, in that the relay that does comply, is still a nostr relay. All speech is engineered to be resistant to censorship due to the diversity and independence of relays and clients.
meaning if the relay is in the US, it’s legally protected speech, the government can’t prevent the relay from broadcasting speech that some group considers hate speech, so jurisdictional arbitrage is a good to have