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Re:Right or left, you should be worried about big tech censo... by baobabKoodaa on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @04:18AM (#27903716)
Ok. Allow me to rephrase: can you point to a single example where an entity was given power to decide which statements are false (for censorship-related purposes) and subsequently did a good job? To be specific, I mean doing a good job of identifying which statements are false and which statements are true.
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Re:Right or left, you should be worried about big tech censo... by jhanschoo on Friday July 23, 2021 @03:52AM (#27928288)
Well, that's not something the OP has a good answer to, and they admit it. In fact, they've written,

> Is censorship the best way to deal with it? Probably not. But we do need to recognise this as a problem as well as getting het up about giant internet platforms deplatforming people.

> make no claims to be one of the group of enlightened ubermensch who should be able to decide for the rest. Neither do I argue that such people exist or are necessary.

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