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Another leftist publication that advocates censoring unwanted speech. It's only a matter of time before "hate speech" will get you automatically deplatformed.
by nkkollaw 8y ago
Another leftist publication that advocates censoring unwanted speech.
It's only a matter of time before "hate speech" will get you automatically deplatformed. It's going to be fun seeing how what's considered "hate speech" evolves.
- rexpop 8y agoWhen forbidden speech is defined by shadow corporate canals, it's often a weapon of oppression. When forbidden speech is defined collectively, by... wait, there's no leftist censorship movement, because there are no leftists in government.
- nkkollaw 8y agoWell, there is. Silicon Valley companies are or act as far-left. Facebook and Twitter in particular are known to censor conservatives. I actually don't know if they do it because these companies are in traditionally left-wing California, or because of fear of activists.
- JetSpiegel 8y ago> Well, there is. Silicon Valley companies are or act as far-left. They are for-profit entities that leach on the commons (user-generated content) to extract rents. That is the opposite of far left. If you mean Stalinist dictatorships, I can't disagree.
- rexpop 8y agoFacebook and Twitter are known to censor leftists. They're carefully expressing Neoliberalism and, as the sibling comment suggests, ultimately nihilistic, profit-driven ventures. Anyone on the actual left, e.g. labor organizers, is highly critical of a tech industry we see as paying Liberal lip service while implementing as much Authoritarianism an they can get away with. See: 1. gig work wage theft, 2. Tinder & gender, 3. Facebook and privacy, 4. Salesforce and ICE, 5. Palantir and pre-crime