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Re:Ofcom Concedes Defeat in the 4chan Case by tzs on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @08:53PM (#50174751)
> It was justified that the general public deemed those comments unacceptable

Is this the same general public whose backlash over the suspension got it reversed a few days later by the network, and by Nextstar and Sinclair a few days after that?

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Re:Ofcom Concedes Defeat in the 4chan Case by zahlman on Wednesday October 21, 2026 @10:47AM (#50181968)
Of course "the general public" is not a homogeneous group by definition.

Those who objected to the speech were morally in the right, because the speech clearly crossed a line. It baselessly accused others of trying to cover up a truth which would have been damaging to them, except that it turned out to be the exact falsehood that Occam's Razor would have predicted. And it did so with the force of broadcast media behind it.

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Re:Ofcom Concedes Defeat in the 4chan Case by hardbass on Thursday October 22, 2026 @07:58AM (#50194137)
Since you hate free speech and think speech that are lies is evil, why aren't you complaining non-stop about Trump and MAGA?
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