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Re:We posed as 100 Senators to run ads on Facebook. Facebook... by akiselev on Tuesday October 30, 2018 @08:57PM (#18342554)
And yet we regulate swear words and nude imagery on broadcast television because the airwaves are a limited public resource.

First ammendment absolutism in the face of rapidly changing technology is way more tiresome.

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Re:We posed as 100 Senators to run ads on Facebook. Facebook... by kingofhdds on Tuesday October 30, 2018 @10:01PM (#18342791)
>And yet we regulate swear words and nude imagery on broadcast television

Maybe the reasonable answer is that you shouldn't, especially in the face of rapidly changing technology, which nowadays gives us huge choice of what to look at. The example of outdated censorship doesn't make a valid argument for more restrictions.

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Re:We posed as 100 Senators to run ads on Facebook. Facebook... by internet555 on Thursday November 01, 2018 @07:48AM (#18353027)
“Tv is ran by money; how am I supposed to be?” - Lil B
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