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Re:Dismantle the Censorship-Industrial Complex: The Westmins... by SenAnder on Tuesday October 24, 2023 @08:20AM (#37998094)
But do you admit that a handful of giant corporations controlling public debate is a problem? You just think one of the possible solutions is worse than the problem itself?

I should point out that the Westminster Declaration also attacks government censorship - presumably you agree with that part of it? As well as with the counter-speech interpretation of it - i.e. calling out companies that censor, exposing them to social, not legal, consequences?

It's tiresome to see all the problems of government/corporate censorship ignored with "I don't want government forcing me/giant corporations to promote evil people", while ignoring the options of social resistance to this censorship (i.e. not just making alternative platforms, but criticizing and pressuring existing platforms (the pro-censorship side doesn't shy away from pressure campaigns). To compare it with labor rights, they weren't won with "just quit and go work at a factory that doesn't employ children".), and ignoring the instances where government itself is legislating censorship.

Re:Dismantle the Censorship-Industrial Complex: The Westmins... by shadowgovt on Tuesday October 24, 2023 @11:34AM (#38000616)
Oh, it's a problem. I just think the only solution that isn't just "handing the future to a different taskmaster" is for the public to wake up, understand this is a problem, and choose to decentralize. Use the net to interpret censorship as damage and route around it. I think we're on the same page here.