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Its possible to censor incorrect information. Recognizing false information is not equivalent to calling for it to be suppressed.
by stickyricky 6y ago
Its possible to censor incorrect information. Recognizing false information is not equivalent to calling for it to be suppressed.
- briandear 6y agoWho determines “correct?”
- GreenHeuristics 6y agoThe US Democratic party.
- 495636483 6y agoThis. The world will end, if we treat every fucking word like an "opinion", which deserves to be heard. "Covid19 is a lie!1!!" isn't an opinion. It's ignorant non-sense at best, likely malicious, indirect interest-driven misinformation. It absolutely does not deserve the same, attention, platform and range as scientific, or reasonably political debate. Naive unconditional free speech, "attention communism", if you want lol, is an ignorant and anti-democratic idea. The only reason that hasn't hurt us like this before, was the cost of spreading information effectively, pre-www.