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Re:YouTube Bans Alex Jones, Following Facebook's and Apple's... by mcphage on Tuesday August 07, 2018 @12:35AM (#17703891)
> There's no way that can go wrong after a while.

Well, giving him whatever platform he wants has already gone wrong right now. So if deplatforming him goes wrong in the future, and puts us back into the same situation we found ourselves in before today, at least we'll have between now and then to enjoy things, and come up with a plan C.

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Re:YouTube Bans Alex Jones, Following Facebook's and Apple's... by acct1771 on Tuesday August 07, 2018 @09:10AM (#17706202)
How has it gone wrong?

What consequences have there been?

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Re:YouTube Bans Alex Jones, Following Facebook's and Apple's... by mcphage on Tuesday August 07, 2018 @09:17PM (#17712431)
Death threats to people whose children were murdered, so bad that they had to leave their home? Men with guns showing up at pizza parlors where people were trying to eat dinner? Does any of this ring a bell?
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Re:YouTube Bans Alex Jones, Following Facebook's and Apple's... by ffgdgggg on Thursday August 09, 2018 @10:40PM (#17730301)
Reminds me of when GOP congressmen were attacked by a sniper, spokespersons harrassed with their families at a restaurant, etc.

egged on by some congresslady in California and MSNBC.

So ya. Pretty simmetrical.

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