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> Even with China-level censorship, they would probably need serious manual effort or even a complete network shutdown to stop being a medium. Yep. You sound

• colechristensen 8y ago
  Would Facebook being used in WWII Germany to discourage violence against the state be right or wrong? The idea that everything is fine as long as it goes along with one's worldview is dangerous. Using powerful tools to manipulate society is something that needs to be done carefully and more often than not, not at all. Companies working as carriers for our social exchanges and turning that into profit is probably less good than evil. I think I'd rather be (back) in a world where if you published something, you did it yourself and the only people controlling it were doing so if you broke a law. (in a society where freedom of expression is valued)