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Re:EU to greenlight Chat Control tomorrow by squigz on Tuesday June 18, 2024 @02:02AM (#40714495)
Firstly, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defamation

Secondly, you're okay with someone inciting violence/vandalism/crimes, and people acting explicitly on that person's direction, as long as only the actual violence/vandalism/crime is punished?

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Re:EU to greenlight Chat Control tomorrow by tonynator on Tuesday June 18, 2024 @03:29AM (#40715028)
Defamation shouldn't exist (see Alex Jones, that's an insane situation to be told to pay $1.5 BILLION for sharing an opinion) but the standards are generally higher than "someone told lies about my character" at least.

Yes. Everyone has agency, if I tell you to commit a crime it's up to you whether to do so.

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Re:EU to greenlight Chat Control tomorrow by squigz on Tuesday June 18, 2024 @04:20AM (#40715307)
Well I'm glad the vast majority of people don't agree with you and actually recognize there's nuance here.
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Re:EU to greenlight Chat Control tomorrow by tonynator on Tuesday June 18, 2024 @07:16PM (#40723088)
The vast majority of people don't like being censored
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