Lenin's ideas on freedom of speech in the dictatorship of the proletariat

[RedWorker]

Such as:

"For the workers’ and peasants’ government, freedom of the press means liberation of the press from capitalist oppression, and public ownership of paper mills and printing presses; equal right for public groups of a certain size (say, numbering 10,000) to a fair share of newsprint stocks and a corresponding quantity of printers’ labour."

Do you believe this would be a viable path towards promoting freedom of the speech and press, and equality thereof, in the dictatorship of the proletariat?

[The Lizard]

Paper is being phased out gradually. Perhaps this would have been an ideal method as little as 30+ years ago, but now we have social media websites where a single post, with a few shares and hashtags can reach countless numbers of people. The concern now then is ensuring that everyone can - if they choose - make a profile, an account, or a page, and have their say on it. That perhaps would mean finding a way to bring WIFI to all parts of the world, and at least one communal computer device with public access. I feel like this will happen in all due time, anyway.

[Proletarius]

Paper is being phased out gradually. Perhaps this would have been an ideal method as little as 30+ years ago, but now we have social media websites where a single post, with a few shares and hashtags can reach countless numbers of people. The concern now then is ensuring that everyone can - if they choose - make a profile, an account, or a page, and have their say on it. That perhaps would mean finding a way to bring WIFI to all parts of the world, and at least one communal computer device with public access. I feel like this will happen in all due time, anyway.

Great post.
With the invention of social media and other technological advances, we have all become journalists in a way. It's the ordinary people that are always on hand when something happens and now they all have a way to publish what they see or find. This has aldo made censorship, very very difficult.

I also agree that it appears to be happening by it's own accord.

Reminds me of when Bin Laden was killed, the first posts were by a local guy who was complaining of helicopters clattering over head and a large bang. BBC News had an article about him, I believe he was pretty much describing the whole event without knowledge of what it was.