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Re:YouTube to remove content that alleges widespread electio... by stickyricky on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @07:20PM (#25367631)
Its possible to censor incorrect information. Recognizing false information is not equivalent to calling for it to be suppressed.
Re:YouTube to remove content that alleges widespread electio... by briandear on Thursday December 10, 2020 @12:39AM (#25370196)
Who determines “correct?”
Re:YouTube to remove content that alleges widespread electio... by 495636483 on Friday December 11, 2020 @01:21PM (#25388854)
This. The world will end, if we treat every fucking word like an "opinion", which deserves to be heard.

"Covid19 is a lie!1!!" isn't an opinion. It's ignorant non-sense at best, likely malicious, indirect interest-driven misinformation. It absolutely does not deserve the same, attention, platform and range as scientific, or reasonably political debate.

Naive unconditional free speech, "attention communism", if you want lol, is an ignorant and anti-democratic idea. The only reason that hasn't hurt us like this before, was the cost of spreading information effectively, pre-www.