Re:The EARN IT act is back, and it’s more dangerous than ever
by mantas on Sunday February 06, 2022 @02:52AM
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> After seeing the worse effects of misleading information, many free-speech-supporter back off alot.
Rather democracy supporters back off…
Re:The EARN IT act is back, and it’s more dangerous than ever
by zdragnar on Sunday February 06, 2022 @10:20AM
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Nah, there was a noticable shift already in the later Obama years, if not earlier.
It is ironic that we should trust government to be an arbiter of truth, given that our government has been a source of "misinformation" for years (a.k.a. blatantly lying to support an agenda).
Re:The EARN IT act is back, and it’s more dangerous than ever
by nyokodo on Sunday February 06, 2022 @01:29AM
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> Trump...misleading information...free-speech-supporter back off alot.
Trump is a correlation to (not cause of) both the left and right in America turning sharply populist and inward looking in recent years. Populists tend not to be concerned with principles like freedom of speech, or the concerns of the global community.
I think all these start around Trump's administration. Trump start calling some media/social media as fake news, and some media/social media start censoring his supporter.
After seeing the worse effects of misleading information, many free-speech-supporter back off alot.