Re:Wikipedia article blocked worldwide by Delhi high court
by z3phyr on Saturday October 26, 2024 @05:04AM
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The opposite of censoring is putting out information at scale. What if the Chinese government decides to generate so much information at so much scale that people start believing it? Advertisements work, do they not? Saturate the internet with speech, so much speech that speech loses meaning.
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Re:Wikipedia article blocked worldwide by Delhi high court
by instagraham on Saturday October 26, 2024 @06:45AM
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> What if the Chinese government decides to generate so much information at so much scale that people start believing it?
What if people respond to such a scenario by choosing not to believe Chinese misinformation?
When leaning into damned-if-you-do, damned-if-you-don't arguments about free speech, I prefer to favour the side that's against censorship. Let the people decide how they will handle their information. You really don't get good examples of governments using such powers nobly