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Re:‘Extremely aggressive’ internet censorship spreads in the... by SpicyLemonZest on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @08:11PM (#25145041)
The source article is about countries forcing ISP-level bans on accessing certain sites, while the parent comment is about misinformation. Nobody's blocking gambling content, pornography, or Match.com because they're worried about misinformation.
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Re:‘Extremely aggressive’ internet censorship spreads in the... by noodles_nomore on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @08:18PM (#25145094)
varispeed talks about control and manipulation. That's far broader than misinformation.
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Re:‘Extremely aggressive’ internet censorship spreads in the... by pessimizer on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @08:27PM (#25145170)
Yet also not "gambling content, pornography, or Match.com."
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Re:‘Extremely aggressive’ internet censorship spreads in the... by noodles_nomore on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @08:34PM (#25145212)
Sorry for being curt in the last reply. To expand on this, I think a key line might be

>bad actors use these techniques to control people to their advantage.

which I interpret broadly as enticing people to do things not sanctioned by the status quo morality. Some governments aren't happy about sexual liberty, others about certain religious or political belief. The internet with the liberation of information also liberated a certain relativism that is corrosive to the epistemic fundament of established power.

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