Re:Multiple Android apps use combined permissions to siphon ...
by pjc50 on Tuesday March 27, 2018 @02:50PM
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I know this is a parody, but my belief is that speech is actually more relevant than guns per se; after all, as people repeatedly point out, the US is not the only country with guns. Most of the mass shooters are "self-radicalised".
> Also, even with presses, the printing presses of the 18th century were not like our automated presses of today that can print hundreds or thousands of pages per minute
This is essentially what the "fake news" argument is about: if you publish enough hate speech, you can cause a massacre even without guns. A Rwandan radio station was a major contributor to the massacre of around a million people, and the genocide was largely carried out by hand with machetes and arson.
> Also, even with presses, the printing presses of the 18th century were not like our automated presses of today that can print hundreds or thousands of pages per minute
This is essentially what the "fake news" argument is about: if you publish enough hate speech, you can cause a massacre even without guns. A Rwandan radio station was a major contributor to the massacre of around a million people, and the genocide was largely carried out by hand with machetes and arson.