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If something on the internet /can/ be weaponized, it will be weaponized. That ranges from state-sponsored trolling and harassment campaigns, to co-opting of au
by xenadu02 8y ago
If something on the internet /can/ be weaponized, it will be weaponized.
That ranges from state-sponsored trolling and harassment campaigns, to co-opting of authentic movements and co-opting of the backlash against those movements.
Freedom of Speech is effectively meaningless when everyone is shouting at each other or using their speech to lead and internet mob. In the short term you might think that doesn't matter, but in the long term the next generation will grow up experiencing "freedom of speech == doxing, harassment, and nazis".