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Re:Facebook and Google pressured EU experts to soften fake n... by darkpuma on Tuesday May 21, 2019 @10:29AM (#19970449)
> "The heads of major political parties get to decide what is real information and what is fake now; they don't need censorship to do this."

I don't need a car to get to work. I've got a bicycle and five miles on a bike is nothing. But the car sure as hell makes it easier.

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Re:Facebook and Google pressured EU experts to soften fake n... by save_ferris on Tuesday May 21, 2019 @10:45AM (#19970593)
In your analogy, you get to work either way.

In either case, our discourse continues to suffer. So what choice do we have? Maintain the current system and watch our process devolve slowly, or permit regulation which runs the risk of creating a power vacuum?

Our system suffers in either case. We're talking about damage control at this point; not actually fixing the problem.

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