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If people are too stupid to reject false information that wasn’t curated for them why are they smart enough to vote. Any argument advocating censorship is ulti
by zionic 6y ago
If people are too stupid to reject false information that wasn’t curated for them why are they smart enough to vote.
Any argument advocating censorship is ultimately arguing for dictatorship.
- staticman2 6y agoIf you think people are so smart, why should you care if people get banned from Youtube? Clearly smart people will discover smart videos on any web site they are located on, and there's no reason for anyone to need Youtube to find an audience.
- weavejester 6y agoHow would one determine whether information is false or not? It's easier to publish disinformation than it is to disprove it, and while some people are clearly better at sifting truth from fiction than others, I suspect everyone has beliefs that are based upon false information. Moreover, this isn't censorship by the government, but by Google. Why should a private company be made to disseminate disinformation when it doesn't want to? A key part of freedom of speech is the freedom not to speak, and mandating that a company publish information it doesn't want to is surely just as bad as forcing it to censor information it does want to publish.