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Yeh, I terribly unfortunate the beacon of liberty has chosen to embrace censorship.. Obviously reddit mods "got it" that some political opinions just shouldn't
by duckMuppet 8y ago
Yeh, I terribly unfortunate the beacon of liberty has chosen to embrace censorship..
Obviously reddit mods "got it" that some political opinions just shouldn't be allowed..
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2018/01/12/project_veritas_hidden_camera_twitter_and_reddit_do_shadow_ban_certain_political_opinions.html https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2018/01/12/project_v...
https://www.dailydot.com/news/reddit-technology-banned-words/ https://www.dailydot.com/news/reddit-technology-banned-words...
https://slate.com/technology/2013/11/reddit-politics-r-politics-mods-ban-mother-jones-others-for-bad-journalism.html https://slate.com/technology/2013/11/reddit-politics-r-polit...
Thankfully, the science is complete, and as these guys noted, open debate just can't be done with people who disagree or cherry pick the datas..
https://grist.org/climate-energy/reddits-science-forum-banned-climate-deniers-why-dont-all-newspapers-do-the-same/ https://grist.org/climate-energy/reddits-science-forum-banne...
https://www.businessinsider.com/reddit-unbanned-russia-magic-mushrooms-germany-watchpeopledie-localised-censorship-2015-8 https://www.businessinsider.com/reddit-unbanned-russia-magic...
These are just a few of the posts you can find outside of the goog..
I'm not saying I agree with any of the above opinions. However, I think it's pretty well documented that depending on your political persuasion, ideological bend, or ability to put aside reason in the name of "completed science", some opinions definitely hold more value than others. I for one am glad reddit has always appreciated that fact.
There's a strong case to be made that the censoring in certain countries like China, is actually helping the masses make sense of their world better.