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County Republicans adopt resolution condemning systems that 'rank' speech
Summary
The Utah County Republican Central Committee adopted a resolution defending freedom of speech and condemning systems that rank or score speech on subjective measures, asserting such systems threaten liberty and outsource moral judgment.
The Utah County Republican Central Committee unanimously adopted a resolution defending freedom of speech and condemning any public or private system that ranks, scores or filters speech based on subjective assessments of dignity, harm, or social value.
The resolution, presented by Kirby Glad on behalf of the Executive Committee, states that such ranking systems "outsource the development of emotional intelligence, moral judgment, and resilience to algorithms, institutions, or authorities," and calls those systems "an assault on liberty and an invitation to authoritarianism." The Central Committee adopted the resolution during its Nov. 8 meeting.
Meeting materials show the resolution frames free expression as a fundamental right and urges virtues like kindness and humility be promoted through voluntary means rather than enforced indexing. The transcript records the formal adoption but does not record a separate roll-call tally for the final vote.
