Poland plans to make censoring of social media accounts illegal

Re:Poland plans to make censoring of social media accounts i... by synnejye on Thursday January 14, 2021 @04:30AM (#25774131)

No, this is absurd. So you would let all media companies censor someone "because they don't like him"?

The only reason you trust private media companies is because they are supposed to be as neutral as possible, not political. If not neutral, then perhaps society should start treating them for what they really are - private political machines.

Furthermore censorship is stupid. You might like it when it's Trump getting censored, but you wont be laughing once the censorship comes back and hits you. Free speech fuck yes.

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Re:Poland plans to make censoring of social media accounts i... by pelliphant on Thursday January 14, 2021 @04:33AM (#25774160)

That is a very american take on things...

I am european and I have the exact opposite view:

Public entities are supposed to be neutral, private ones are not.

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Re:Poland plans to make censoring of social media accounts i... by tremon on Thursday January 14, 2021 @06:28AM (#25775102)

Public entities have no obligation to be neutral, in fact quite the opposite: many political parties and labor unions are public entities, and their non-neutrality is the main reason for their existence.

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Re:Poland plans to make censoring of social media accounts i... by synnejye on Thursday January 14, 2021 @05:14AM (#25774580)

Well, I am from Europe...

I disagree. :)

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Re:Poland plans to make censoring of social media accounts i... by Speednet on Thursday January 14, 2021 @09:29AM (#25776647)

Thank you synnejye, you have hit the nail on the head.

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