This is no different from what companies are already doing in the US for social media posts as well as live-streaming. The only difference is it is being ordered by the government in China in the name of keeping positive rather than executed by companies themselves. Even the large social media companies admitted to coordinating moderation recently, which we already knew was happening when suddenly one person gets banned across all major platforms at once. It’s not all the fault of these companies, the
Anyone can stop using a service but lack of access to major social media is like locking someone out of the conversation. It’s like if we had a singing conversation in a giant auditorium and you were stopped from getting a microphone. It becomes literally impossible to perform at the same level. If these trillion dollar conglomerates are able to work together to block you from posting to 99% of the audience available in the internet as well as even block advertising your product or service, then how i
The argument is frequently made that free speech keeps the crazies out where you can see 'em. I've made that argument before myself, in fact. This idea is utterly incompatible with the idea that social networking should never have existed. It's also fundamentally ridiculous because all networks which permit socializing are social networks. USENET was essentially a social network, for example, when coupled with other commonly provided services like mail, finger, and talk. Your client would let you follow peo
I'm not telling anyone they can't do those things. But I do feel free to criticize their beliefs, more in the hopes of helping others who have not succumbed to their idiocy yet. And I feel free to attack their establishments of stupidity, which have a tendency to do harm if left unchecked. I attack them with words, but if they are actively promoting harm then it is fully reasonable to actively destroy them.
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The argument is frequently made that free speech keeps the crazies out where you can see 'em. I've made that argument before myself, in fact. This idea is utterly incompatible with the idea that social networking should never have existed. It's also fundamentally ridiculous because all networks which permit socializing are social networks. USENET was essentially a social network, for example, when coupled with other commonly provided services like mail, finger, and talk. Your client would let you follow peo
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"That's not your place, right, nor area of concern."
Yes, it is all of those things. People who are dumb as shit threaten my quality of life, and even my very existence. I have a right to defend myself.
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I'm not telling anyone they can't do those things. But I do feel free to criticize their beliefs, more in the hopes of helping others who have not succumbed to their idiocy yet. And I feel free to attack their establishments of stupidity, which have a tendency to do harm if left unchecked. I attack them with words, but if they are actively promoting harm then it is fully reasonable to actively destroy them.