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Re:Across the US, people are dismantling and destroying Floc... by dyauspitr on Friday February 20, 2026 @08:55PM (#47096665)
Why wouldn’t you advocate it? A much easier way of doing this is using paintballs with the appropriate paint.
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Re:Across the US, people are dismantling and destroying Floc... by martin-t on Friday February 20, 2026 @08:58PM (#47096687)
> Why wouldn’t you advocate it?

Because advocating things which are moral/ethical but illegal is often against the TOS :(

We need laws which are explicitly based on moral principles. Barring that, we should at least have laws which treat sufficiently large platforms as utilities and forbid them from performing censorship without due process.

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Re:Across the US, people are dismantling and destroying Floc... by michaelmrose on Saturday February 21, 2026 @01:26AM (#47098018)
You think we should give people being moderated on a forum due process? How would we ever run forums if every contentious and necessary moderation action could lead to a 5k-50k legal bill.
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Re:Across the US, people are dismantling and destroying Floc... by salawat on Saturday February 21, 2026 @04:58AM (#47099191)
...How can we run a government when every contentious and necessary moderation leads to a 5k-50k legal bill?

Oh wait... Maybe that's the problem.

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