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Re:Is 4chan the perfect Pirate Bay poster child to justify w... by Aeolun on Monday August 25, 2025 @07:54AM (#45012857)
Free flow of information should be considered different from free flow of nonsense.
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Re:Is 4chan the perfect Pirate Bay poster child to justify w... by zanellato19 on Monday August 25, 2025 @08:53AM (#45013306)
And who determines which is which? It is quite a hard problem.
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Re:Is 4chan the perfect Pirate Bay poster child to justify w... by hnfong on Monday August 25, 2025 @10:59AM (#45014606)
Is this a trick question? The Ministry of Truth obviously.

Seriously, I'm glad we narrowly averted that one.

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Re:Is 4chan the perfect Pirate Bay poster child to justify w... by Nursie on Monday August 25, 2025 @09:31AM (#45013668)
It very much is, but even if every possible solution is worse than the problem, which they very well may be, I think recognising there is a problem there is useful.

Rather than the angry denial and cries of censorship that often occur after someone points it out.

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Re:Is 4chan the perfect Pirate Bay poster child to justify w... by parineum on Monday August 25, 2025 @10:28AM (#45014241)
Nonsense.
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