Re:How Vivaldi browser is different from Google Chrome
by valvar on Friday January 15, 2021 @09:19AM
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Exactly how is it an exaggeration? I cannot fathom how anyone can not interpret that as a call for more censorship.
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Re:How Vivaldi browser is different from Google Chrome
by lucideer on Friday January 15, 2021 @09:32AM
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There's 4 bullet points in that link. None of them are related to censorship.
I can 100% understand how some people can conflate "deplatforming" with censorship (there is an argument to be made that they're the same thing), but this isn't calling for deplatforming.
It specifically states: deplatforming has been done, but what we actually really need is these 4 extra (non-censorship-related) things.
I'm curious to hear an explanation of how either of the following 4 things are censorship:
1. advertising transparency
2. selection algorithm transparency
3. algorithmic boosting of fact-checked sources
4. funding academic research into the impact of online platforms
Re:How Vivaldi browser is different from Google Chrome
by infamia on Sunday January 17, 2021 @02:49AM
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"Advertising transparency" would certainly have a chilling effect on speech. Also, the article clearly supports the censorship that has already occurred by saying that "Additional" action is needed which is quite a bit more than just "deplatforming has been done".