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Re:Saying “All Lives Matter” to Siri Now Redirects You to Bl... by q3k on Tuesday June 09, 2020 @12:27PM (#23468034)
> If you’re a “bad” person, logically your technology should help you be bad.

With apologies to Godwin, but IBM and the Holocaust [1] will always be relevant in these discussions.

[1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_and_the_Holocaust

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Re:Saying “All Lives Matter” to Siri Now Redirects You to Bl... by pjkundert on Tuesday June 09, 2020 @02:50PM (#23469480)
The social elites proudly flaunted their swastika jewelry in the late 30s. The business elites supported Nazis widely.

What thugs are the social, political and business elites supporting today?

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Re:Saying “All Lives Matter” to Siri Now Redirects You to Bl... by malandrew on Tuesday June 09, 2020 @01:03PM (#23468415)
A straw man to your straw man would suggest that Apple shouldn't even sell technology to such people or should at least just brick the phone of anyone responsible for thoughtcrime.

There's a world of difference between exploring the world of information and genocide.

When entities like Apple start doing things like this is it pouring gasoline on conspiracy theory fires, and one can argue makes things worse.

It's also a classic case of the Streisand Effect.

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