The usual argument on this topic is: whether suppression of free speech is even effective; you just push the ugliness underground and it festers; sunlight is th

The usual argument on this topic is: whether suppression of free speech is even effective; you just push the ugliness underground and it festers; sunlight is the best disinfectant; etc. However, those arguments go back way before the internet and social media. And do not account for the fact that social media accelerates the spread of hatred and actual, physical danger. As we are seeing. The role of 8chan (and, let's be real: Fox "News"), is similar to that of the broadcast hate messages that led to the Rwandan genocide. https://www.concordia.ca/research/migs/resources/rwanda-radio-transcripts.html https://www.concordia.ca/research/migs/resources/rwanda-radi...