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Not being able to publicize Neo-Nazi views on private platforms does not equal censorship, regardless of how much HN's audience tries to make it out to be.
by x86_64Ubuntu 6y ago
Not being able to publicize Neo-Nazi views on private platforms does not equal censorship, regardless of how much HN's audience tries to make it out to be.
- rendall 6y agoI think you might be mischaracterizing the views of those you oppose. If you dismiss concerns about censorship as being about neo-nazis, you're missing the larger point. The ability of private corporations to suppress ideas in social media is unprecedented. If FAANG, Twitter and PayPal get to determine the bounds of acceptable discourse, how do you know it's going to go the way that you personally approve of? What protects your speech?
- rendall 6y agoHere is an article from Matt Taibbi that lays out the problem better than I, and not a neo-nazi to be found anywhere: https://taibbi.substack.com/p/meet-the-censored-andre-damon https://taibbi.substack.com/p/meet-the-censored-andre-damon