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Re:China’s scary lesson to the world: Censoring the Internet... by chrischen on Tuesday May 24, 2016 @03:59AM (#11759689)
This article by Google's design ethicist shows how even in a free market world we end up with false freedoms. For example, if Facebook suggests posts from your friends, how do you know you have control of who you become friends with and interact with? How does Netflix's suggestions influence what movies you know about.

He shows that even in our free world we're still influenced by propaganda that makes us have a false sense of freedom of choice.

https://medium.com/@tristanharris/how-technology-hijacks-peo...

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Re:China’s scary lesson to the world: Censoring the Internet... by hamstergene on Tuesday May 24, 2016 @04:29AM (#11759796)
You're offering me a classic tu quoque response, aka "Guy A is deep in shit but guy B's boot has shit on it too therefore they're both in shit so A's problem with shit is kinda normal".

Yes, freedom always has restrictions, everywhere. But it does not always smell so suspicious. Facebook making some choices for you and Facebook being blocked completely for making it too easy to read unapproved opinions are very different levels of the problem.

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