70TB of Parler users’ messages, videos, and posts leaked by security researchers

Re:70TB of Parler users’ messages, videos, and posts leaked ... by julianmarq on Monday January 11, 2021 @03:39PM (#25736358)

Just in case, the irony, for me, is that if I were in favor of censorship, I would be the first person I censor, instead of using an online forum to speak in favor of censorship. I feel that there's irony in using a widely accessed medium just to talk about how censorship is better.

And here's an example: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25715809

(It bears noticing how the post whose thread that comment belongs to is certainly not about the banning of Trump or parler).

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Re:70TB of Parler users’ messages, videos, and posts leaked ... by awb on Monday January 11, 2021 @04:15PM (#25737134)

Ok, so that is a good example of protected speech that we might not like. I read through the thread and you did a good job explaining the perils of censoring viewpoints.

The US has long done a “controlled burn” in banning violent speech, but we do need to be vigilant that it doesn’t turn into a wild fire.

I don’t understand why they removed the tweet instead of labeling it if they really want to be in the fact checking business.

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