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How do these proposals compare with the regulations imposed on print and television media in the UK? Regulations imposed by a well meaning government can presu
by Spare_account 9y ago
How do these proposals compare with the regulations imposed on print and television media in the UK?
Regulations imposed by a well meaning government can presumably be used for good. Hate speech is already banned in the UK, has that been abused by the organisations that enforce those rules?
It seems conceivable to me that while tighter regulations on the Internet could be abused by a malicious government, they might not be. The govt might just use the powers to stamp out a bit of extremist material here and there.
- hyperdunc 9y agoAny good intentions behind a power grab are largely irrelevant. Just because a government may not seem so bad right now, there's no guarantee things will stay that way. History is littered with examples of rapid-onset tyranny.