Re:YouTube bans Steve Bannon's podcast channel
by forrestthewoods on Sunday January 10, 2021 @10:25PM
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Depends on the price.
We could prevent humans from using communications technology to plan violence by banning all such technology. That would be an unacceptable price imho.
There is _always_ collateral damage. You can’t ban all the bad content and only the bad content. There’s a wide range of mitigation strategies. If we discussed specifics it might possible to establish some first principles.
If end-to-end encryption were banned and the US government had full access to all private communication they might be able to stop some violence. On the other hand many governments, the US included, would likely use that power to commit violence. I would not support this particular strategy.
We could prevent humans from using communications technology to plan violence by banning all such technology. That would be an unacceptable price imho.
There is _always_ collateral damage. You can’t ban all the bad content and only the bad content. There’s a wide range of mitigation strategies. If we discussed specifics it might possible to establish some first principles.
If end-to-end encryption were banned and the US government had full access to all private communication they might be able to stop some violence. On the other hand many governments, the US included, would likely use that power to commit violence. I would not support this particular strategy.