Re:SpaceX engineers in Fiji for six months
by datameta on Friday February 04, 2022 @08:18PM
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I would argue governmental domestic disinfo programs violate said right (i.e. Russia or China). They change the heuristics for what is believable by many citizens and thereby effectively make much external information useless. This is a form of control by the government, and in extreme forms is grounds for protests or even anti-government riots.
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Re:SpaceX engineers in Fiji for six months
by xboxnolifes on Friday February 04, 2022 @09:27PM
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The goal posts have moved pretty significantly in this thread from "access to information and the internet" to "government domestic disinfo programs".
Re:SpaceX engineers in Fiji for six months
by datameta on Saturday February 05, 2022 @12:26PM
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I think the two are inextricably related and would like to hear how you believe they are not.
Re:SpaceX engineers in Fiji for six months
by xboxnolifes on Saturday February 05, 2022 @12:53PM
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How is "the internet is a human right" related to "the us has disinformation campaign". If blackout removed your internet access for a week, is that a violation of your human rights?
Re:SpaceX engineers in Fiji for six months
by datameta on Saturday February 05, 2022 @01:01PM
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I think your ire stems from thinking I'm pointing the finger at the U.S.
If you re-read my comments you'll see that I don't mention it anywhere.
Blackout is unintentional. Unless it is the result of infrastructure mismanagement stemming from politicians' ineptitude. In any case, it is not an acute malicious action, and quite the strawman argument.
I don't think you're taking my statement in good faith and so I won't expand on it - since you don't seem interested in discourse by offering your thoughts instead of flatly questioning mine.