Censorship by big tech at the behest of the U.S. government?

Re:Censorship by big tech at the behest of the U.S. government? by PaulDavisThe1st on Thursday September 22, 2022 @11:55PM (#32947852)

There's no question that any course of action (or courses of action) taken in response to a new airborne pandemic is going to involve harm. That's not the question.

The question is: what public health policies will minimize harm according to some set of metrics, and what will those metrics be?

The harms you describe are real. But you offer no way to quantify these harms against the harms that may have occured without the policies you are objecting to.

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Re:Censorship by big tech at the behest of the U.S. government? by ekianjo on Friday September 23, 2022 @12:15AM (#32947992)

Check what happened in other countries where such shit did not go down and you will have your answer. It was about the same.

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Re:Censorship by big tech at the behest of the U.S. government? by PaulDavisThe1st on Friday September 23, 2022 @12:18AM (#32948004)

Which countries are you thinking of? The lockdowns, mask mandates etc. in the USA were fairly mild compared to most countries.

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