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Re:The internet's “town square” is dead by jakelazaroff on Monday July 10, 2023 @12:04AM (#36661937)
Why does government have a conflicting interest? Like, when has the US government ever taken down a website that didn't contain illegal speech?
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Re:The internet's “town square” is dead by AnimalMuppet on Monday July 10, 2023 @08:20AM (#36665293)
Taken down a website? Perhaps never. Now, what about a US government-run website? Do you trust them to keep that an open forum for criticism of Biden? Or Trump? Or the Congress that appropriates money to fund the website? I don't.
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Re:The internet's “town square” is dead by jakelazaroff on Monday July 10, 2023 @09:08AM (#36665817)
My point is that you can just make your own website!
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Re:The internet's “town square” is dead by AnimalMuppet on Monday July 10, 2023 @11:34AM (#36667926)
My point is that, if the government makes a "town square", you can't trust them to let it be an honest town square. Sure, you can make one yourself. But then it's either for-profit, or charity; it's not government.

So you're answering something, but it's not what I said.

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