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Re:The case for banning ads in social media by Mirioron on Friday November 15, 2019 @01:27AM (#21542724)
A government run social network would probably come with so many strings attached that it would never work. It wouldn't appeal to people because you wouldn't be allowed to say or do most things. Even if draconian rules don't exist at the start, they will quickly appear.
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Re:The case for banning ads in social media by FussyZeus on Friday November 15, 2019 @08:48AM (#21544701)
Care to enumerate some of these strings? Or perhaps some of these things you wouldn't be allowed to say?

Quite the contrary on the second point, with regard to a Government-run website, you'd have a far stronger claim to the rights of free expression people regularly (erroneously) attempt to claim on privately owned social networks.

Or does your entire point begin and end with "government bad?"

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