I agree with you when it comes to regular crime, and I'm not finding it difficult to defend my right to privately communicate with other individuals and small groups. We have always been able to do that, one way or another.
Publishing is a more difficult matter though. Wouldn't you say that governments should be able to demand transparency when someone distributes information to entire populations?
If someone was calling on millions of followers to kill members of some minority, would you still take the position that the distribution channel must remain off limits to governments trying to enforce encitement laws?
I also agree that publishing is a different thing, it is very much the difference between private and public communication.
Where a private group becomws of the size that posting there constitutes an act of publication is a matter of discussion, but I'd argue below a certain size any group chat can still be seen as private communications.
This means Signal groups with their lower size are in less jeopardy than a one-to-many telegram group.
Publishing is a more difficult matter though. Wouldn't you say that governments should be able to demand transparency when someone distributes information to entire populations?
If someone was calling on millions of followers to kill members of some minority, would you still take the position that the distribution channel must remain off limits to governments trying to enforce encitement laws?