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Using any of the big tech firms, they are actively moving against freedom or anonymity on the net, specifically the web.. https://thehill.com/policy/technology

Using any of the big tech firms, they are actively moving against freedom or anonymity on the net, specifically the web.. https://thehill.com/policy/technology/411002-leaked-presentation-shows-googles-struggle-to-juggle-free-speech-with https://thehill.com/policy/technology/411002-leaked-presenta...

duckMuppet 8y ago
And a great example.. Look above, comments from Josh Cole... bots control the internet.. only regulation, govt censorship, and censorship by tech companies can save the uneducated, unwashed masses which could never understand or be left to make their own decisions with regard to the web and information contained therein.. I always get a chuckle from those who have such arrogance and avarice, that only the govt can fix societal ills. It's horrifying. Experts...
- JoshCole 8y ago
  I did not say bots control the internet. I did not say that only regulation can deal with the problem. I did not say tech censorship is the only way to save the uneducated. I did not say the unwashed massed could never understand anything. Please don't lie about what I said. I said that the argument against, written in 1995, does not reflect the reality of the day. A reality which is producing said regulation and policy change, right now, already, in California. I'm talking about things that happened. I said that this topic wasn't accurate for modern day - that the speed at which technology has progressed has left this post dramatically out of date. Maybe you've forgotten, but Facebook and Twitter didn't even exist in 1995. Back then the internet was far more decentralized.
malvosenior 8y ago
> The “utopian principles of free speech,” as Google describes it, are now being compromised by bad actors and difficult situations. It's funny that Google would frame it like that, because here is an article from 1995 clearly stating that you can expect trolling to come from freedom of speech. This was a known issue with the internet from the get go. It's just that since society has become ultra-political that points of view from "the other side" has gone from being obnoxious to being something that must be wiped off the face of the earth, by force if necessary.

duckMuppet 8y ago

And a great example.. Look above, comments from Josh Cole... bots control the internet.. only regulation, govt censorship, and censorship by tech companies can save the uneducated, unwashed masses which could never understand or be left to make their own decisions with regard to the web and information contained therein.. I always get a chuckle from those who have such arrogance and avarice, that only the govt can fix societal ills. It's horrifying. Experts...

JoshCole 8y ago
I did not say bots control the internet. I did not say that only regulation can deal with the problem. I did not say tech censorship is the only way to save the uneducated. I did not say the unwashed massed could never understand anything. Please don't lie about what I said. I said that the argument against, written in 1995, does not reflect the reality of the day. A reality which is producing said regulation and policy change, right now, already, in California. I'm talking about things that happened. I said that this topic wasn't accurate for modern day - that the speed at which technology has progressed has left this post dramatically out of date. Maybe you've forgotten, but Facebook and Twitter didn't even exist in 1995. Back then the internet was far more decentralized.

malvosenior 8y ago

> The “utopian principles of free speech,” as Google describes it, are now being compromised by bad actors and difficult situations. It's funny that Google would frame it like that, because here is an article from 1995 clearly stating that you can expect trolling to come from freedom of speech. This was a known issue with the internet from the get go. It's just that since society has become ultra-political that points of view from "the other side" has gone from being obnoxious to being something that must be wiped off the face of the earth, by force if necessary.