By allowing us to combine audio, video and text on a whim modern computing technology has opened the door to a whole new kind of communication and like any new

By allowing us to combine audio, video and text on a whim modern computing technology has opened the door to a whole new kind of communication and like any new form of communication anyone who strongly believes in their cause uses it as a tool to further their cause. Right now we're going through a rough patch because the effort required to forge images/video is dropping and the old heuristic of "if it's a video it's probably legit" is going out the window. Simultaneously the internet is re-arranging who gets to gate keep mass communication and to what extent. Both these things are going to cause strife. I think it's useful to remember what the printing press did to Christianity in Europe in the 1500s and what mass literacy did to monarchies in the late 18th through 19th century. Some blood was spilled but I think we can agree the printing press and mass literacy have been massive net positives to civilization. I won't be losing any sleep over whether TwatBookGram does or doesn't censor anything. It will all work itself out in the end.