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Re:YouTube bans coronavirus vaccine misinformation by umvi on Thursday October 15, 2020 @09:47AM (#24788603)
No. Determining truth is a hard problem, and trusting huge corporations to arbitrate truth for us is extremely dangerous to our democracy[0].

[0] https://youtu.be/ZggCipbiHwE

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Re:YouTube bans coronavirus vaccine misinformation by rbanffy on Thursday October 15, 2020 @09:50AM (#24788636)
OTOH, free speech is not a right on itself, but a tool for the betterment of society. If speech is used for a purpose opposed to that - to bring on fascism or risking our extinction - then it's natural, and necessary, to react against it.
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Re:YouTube bans coronavirus vaccine misinformation by pessimizer on Thursday October 15, 2020 @12:40PM (#24790597)
> OTOH, free speech is not a right on itself, but a tool for the betterment of society.

This is only true for censors. There is no such thing as a "right in itself," there are things we agree will be rights, and that we choose to guarantee. You choose to not guarantee freedom of speech, and rationalize it as some sort of natural law.

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Re:YouTube bans coronavirus vaccine misinformation by owlbynight on Thursday October 15, 2020 @01:17PM (#24791059)
Do you trust Amazon to remove fake reviews?
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