Is there total freedom of expression? (Including political ideologies/views)

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  treesschepens · Member · May 3, 2026 at 3:08 pm

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  I am not really intending to blog about political subjects that often. Of course, sometimes politics crawl in. For example, if you write a travel article on a country, or discuss a film in which politics play a role, … then a political point of view can crawl into one’s post.

  I know Automattic always used to defend total freedom of expression, including political points of view, points of view on subjects such as LGBTQ+ rights, immigration, …
  I can even recall the founder of Automattic saying that wordpress.com was censored temporarily in some countries because of critical posts, but that wordpress.com was fine with that rather than restricting the right to express opinions.

  Now, of course things have changed in the US in the last 1.5 year, and as far as I know the servers are in the US.
  Is that freedom of expression still protected on sites and blogs hosted by wordpress.com? Can any point of view or opinion be expressed without having to worry about a site/blog being taken down?

  For me, being in Europe, it is not exactly clear. We hear a lot of stuff in the news, but I’m sure a lot of things we hear are rumours. Normally the US constitution grants freedom of expression.

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  staartmees · Member · May 3, 2026 at 3:32 pm

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  WordPress.com strongly believes in freedom of speech and is designed to let users freely express ideas and opinions without censorship or endorsement.

  That said, there are some content categories that aren’t permitted — things like illegal content, spam, malware, impersonation, and direct threats of violence. You can read the full User Guidelines for details.