Maybe we shouldn't want a fully decentralized web

Re:Maybe we shouldn't want a fully decentralized web by bosswipe on Saturday December 05, 2020 @04:41AM (#25313142)

There's been more than a few terrorist incidents connected to forums like 8chan. In terms of the physical damage these attacks are not a threat to society but that's true of all terrorism. The argument normally is that the psychological damage to society as a whole is worth throwing everything we have at it.

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Re:Maybe we shouldn't want a fully decentralized web by keiferski on Saturday December 05, 2020 @04:47AM (#25313168)

Large media outlets like The New York Times were instrumental in convincing the public that Saddam had WMDs and thus justifying the Iraq War. That conflict led to something like a million deaths (and counting), which is 1000x more than all the "Internet forum"- related terrorism put together.

Yet I don't see anyone calling for further control of The New York Times or implementing restrictions on the corporate media.

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Re:Maybe we shouldn't want a fully decentralized web by bosswipe on Saturday December 05, 2020 @05:02AM (#25313238)

The New York Times didn't come up with the idea of the Iraq War. The Iraq War was the official policy of the United States government.

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Re:Maybe we shouldn't want a fully decentralized web by keiferski on Saturday December 05, 2020 @05:20AM (#25313340)

They facilitated the war (through making it publicly acceptable) and made it easier to enact, just as social media supposedly facilitates terrorism.

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