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Re:MS will ban Forza players who add the confederate flag to... by causality0 on Friday July 03, 2020 @01:51AM (#23721367)
Yes. I'm just saying it would be beneficial if there were a public alternative to services like Gmail, Youtube, Facebook, offered to the users at cost, and only moderated to the degree necessary to comply with the law. Perhaps in exchange for this "neutral media carrier" the user accounts should be linked to a Social Security number and with their real names attached to anything they publish.

Nobody blames the postal service for delivering racist newsletters or pirated DVDs or drugs. The responsibility lies solely on the user, who is prosecuted if their conduct exceeds the scope of the law. We need that for the internet.

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Re:MS will ban Forza players who add the confederate flag to... by iamstupidsimple on Friday July 03, 2020 @06:46PM (#23728282)
> the user accounts should be linked to a Social Security number and with their real names attached to anything they publish

No no, no! Look at the early days of the internet, where LGBT folk had a space to talk but lived in constant fear of being doxxed. We're stifling those people by forcing them to use real names.

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