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I agree with you but why only the President? This gets at the frequent HN topic of big tech censorship vs freedom of speech. Why should we forcibly remove any p
by holler 6y ago
I agree with you but why only the President? This gets at the frequent HN topic of big tech censorship vs freedom of speech. Why should we forcibly remove any posts at all? Why should _Insert_Big_Tech_Company_ get to tell me what's right and wrong as opposed to letting me make my own determination by reading it? When we remove censorship, we also invite others to critique and counter ideas that are deemed "incorrect".
- bluedevil2k 6y agoWell, you kind of do get to make your own determination...you can choose not to use _Insert_Big_Tech_Company_ if you want to.
- holler 6y agoThat has nothing to do with a user not seeing a post that a tech company felt needed to be censored.
- 082349872349872 6y agofor instance, one can use one's own app: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-trump/with-rallies-halted-and-tweets-fact-checked-trump-campaign-turns-to-smartphone-app-idUSKBN2391FT https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-trump/with-r... “The most important, golden thing in politics is a cellphone number,” said Parscale, who ran Trump’s digital efforts in 2016 before leading the 2020 campaign. “When we receive cellphone numbers, it really allows us to identify them across the databases. Who are they, voting history, everything.”