# Limitations of freedom of speech?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/limitations-of-freedom-of-speech/177045
**Category:** Community Building
**Created:** [January 23, 2021, 5:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/limitations-of-freedom-of-speech/177045 "2021-01-23T17:33:55Z")
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### Author: ![bartv](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/bartv/32/130052_2.png) [@bartv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bartv)
#### Post date: [January 23, 2021, 8:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/limitations-of-freedom-of-speech/177045/7 "2021-01-23T20:59:41Z")

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Sidenote that moderating something because it doesn’t fit within your [community guidelines](https://meta.discourse.org/guidelines) is in no way a limitation of someone’s freedom of speech. This is my go-to comic that I use for replies when people complain about this:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/e/a/ea1109dffe2ab8c3d15b8da0e06707d72715b4c1.png)

([source](https://xkcd.com/1357/))

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