Comment by rich_sasha

I think these views are not necessarily contradictory. You can't wipe out Bad Things by making them illegal online. But I think not proliferating them certainly helps, and for sure I don't see why they should be tolerated online.

IMO there's benefit in making easy Bad Things hard, even if you can't stop them. Like gun ownership in Europe. How you do that while respecting internet freedom - my original question - I don't know. But I disagree with simply stating there is no conflict.