> "Personally, I struggle with this one. My default reaction would be yes, a curated internet, fact checked for accuracy would be better." And now you've made

> "Personally, I struggle with this one. My default reaction would be yes, a curated internet, fact checked for accuracy would be better." And now you've made the problem worse. This is the idea of a benign monarchy. Who fact checks? Who is the gate keeper? Who keeps out content that doesn't meet the standards? This is censorship. You may think it's beneficial censorship but all censors believe their censorship is beneficial. All power has the potential to be used maliciously, and then it becomes far more damaging than the benefit of it being used benignly ever created. The only checks that seem to work against such things are individual freedoms and democratic governance. They're far from perfect but the alternatives are all much worse.