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Re:ISPs in AU and NZ start censoring the internet without le... by telesilla on Sunday March 24, 2019 @04:22AM (#19475131)
New Zealand, and many other parts of the world, do not share the U.S.'s "free speech" concept. Speech is not protected and yet the country is high on the freedom of press index.

https://freespeechfreepress.wordpress.com/new-zealand/

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Re:ISPs in AU and NZ start censoring the internet without le... by aphextron on Sunday March 24, 2019 @10:05AM (#19476395)
>Speech is not protected and yet the country is high on the freedom of press index.

For now.

The lessons learned and recorded through 2000 years of Western history, starting with the Greeks and culminating in the American revolution, was that such things can never be relied upon unless guaranteed by law.

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Re:ISPs in AU and NZ start censoring the internet without le... by oska on Sunday March 24, 2019 @04:36AM (#19475189)
I'm not from the USA and I didn't make any reference to the US in my comment. I've already dealt with this false argument elsewhere in the thread. [1]

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19473330

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