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Re:Qwen3-Max-Thinking by amalcon on Monday January 26, 2026 @02:52PM (#46770634)
Others responding to my speech by exercising their own rights to free speech and free association as individuals does not violate my right to free speech. One can make an argument that corporations doing those things (e.g. your Play Store example) is sufficiently different in kind to individuals doing it -- and a lot of people would even agree with that argument! It does, however, run afoul of current first amendment jurisprudence.

Either way, this is categorically different from China's policies on e.g. Tibet, which is a centrally driven censorship decision whose goal is to suppress factual information.

Re:Qwen3-Max-Thinking by elektronika on Monday January 26, 2026 @07:16PM (#46773732)
> Either way, this is categorically different from China's policies on e.g. Tibet, which is a centrally driven censorship decision whose goal is to suppress factual information.

You'll quickly run into issues and accusations of being a troll in the "free world" if you bring up inconvenient factual information on Tibet. The Dalai Lama asking a young boy to suck on his tongue for example.

Re:Qwen3-Max-Thinking by BobbyJo on Monday January 26, 2026 @10:02PM (#46774994)
Pretty sure that event was all over the western web as a gross "wtf" moment. I don't remember anyone, or any organization, that talked about it being called a troll.
Re:Qwen3-Max-Thinking by elektronika on Tuesday January 27, 2026 @02:30PM (#46785141)
It was only surprising to people because he was hyped up as a progressive figure in a liberation struggle, not a deposed autocrat.