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In this case I'm glad for the de-platforming of Parler, Trump etc. But as a knock-on effect, for anyone thinking of doing anything potentially controversial (an
by nippoo 6y ago
In this case I'm glad for the de-platforming of Parler, Trump etc. But as a knock-on effect, for anyone thinking of doing anything potentially controversial (and not just on the political right - this applies for things like WikiLeaks, and even Wikipedia itself - hosting "illegal numbers" etc) this will make companies think twice before relying on apps and the likes of AWS. For the moment, at least, webapps (vs app store apps) and self-hosted servers (potentially in a different country) are much safer from this kind of existential risk...
- xyzelement 6y agoExactly the point. We shouldn't cheer sensorship of the "other" because once we have allowed it to be an acceptable tool, it will inevitably swing against us as well when someone finds our views inconvenient. When I was growing up, the ACLU would defend the rights of neo-nazis to speak, etc, because liberal people understood that if you don't protect the rights of the extreme you lose those rights yourself. It's shocking to me how quickly people seem to have lost hold of these principles.