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Re:Mozilla sending political ads via Firefox push notification by slap on Saturday July 25, 2020 @07:03AM (#23948275)
Today I learned that Mozilla was pro-censorship, and using their install base to promote this message.

We're living in an intesting time.

Re:Mozilla sending political ads via Firefox push notification by dencodev on Saturday July 25, 2020 @10:40AM (#23949529)
Asking platforms to not host and promote violent and racist content is hardly censorship.
Re:Mozilla sending political ads via Firefox push notification by lostmsu on Saturday July 25, 2020 @01:48PM (#23951066)
What's wrong with violence? Do you propose to remove accounts of violent protests from Facebook now?
Re:Mozilla sending political ads via Firefox push notification by dencodev on Saturday July 25, 2020 @08:07PM (#23953335)
People promoting violence usually means targeted violence. Proposing violence against a specific person or group of people. A protest that happens to have people in that become violent and then those some people posting online is a completely different situation than a bunch of Nazis saying we need to exterminate the Jewish people.
Re:Mozilla sending political ads via Firefox push notification by lostmsu on Sunday July 26, 2020 @02:44AM (#23954993)
Aka let's ban promoting bad violence. Who decides bad or good?
Re:Mozilla sending political ads via Firefox push notification by dencodev on Sunday July 26, 2020 @11:57AM (#23957989)
Maybe I'm making my point poorly.

Allowing violent people to post online is fine. Allowing them to post violent content is bad. I don't care who the person is. I care what they post. As long as they're not advocating harm to a specific person or group of people it's fine.

I'm okay with people saying racist things from a free speech perspective (it's still despicable). I'm not okay with them saying people should go burn down the synagogue in downtown Seattle.

Re:Mozilla sending political ads via Firefox push notification by lostmsu on Monday July 27, 2020 @11:57AM (#23966323)
TBH, this point is poor. Violence and therefore promotion of violence are simply necessary in some situations. The former is even ingrained in the U.S. constitution.
Re:Mozilla sending political ads via Firefox push notification by TheOperator on Sunday July 26, 2020 @08:15AM (#23956527)
Plenty of comedic and satirical shows have been censored for racism. Plenty of violent forms of entertainment have been censored. This campaign is also calling for the censorship of anti-vaccination and climate denialist views.

I've done a bit of volunteer work as a censor (moderator) and I'm not opposed to censorship. A flippant/morally self-righteous attitude towards censorship is a red flag though.