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The recent actions of Silicon Valley companies will turn out to be the single biggest threat to global free communication on the Internet. Every two bit dictato
by ceilingcorner 6y ago
The recent actions of Silicon Valley companies will turn out to be the single biggest threat to global free communication on the Internet. Every two bit dictator will now wave them around to justify locking down the Internet and restrict the sharing of information.
Such a shortsighted move, and yet even on HN we have people thinking it was justified. Frankly, I am very disappointed. We need a revival of late 90s “information should be free” values, and fast.
- macspoofing 6y ago>Every two bit dictator will now wave them around to justify locking down the Internet and restrict the sharing of information. Not just dictators. You think EU is going to let American social companies dictate which of their citizens and representatives (!!!) can and cannot have access to what become a standard mass communication channel (i.e. what social media became)? Hell no. They may hate Trump, but they weren't fans of Trump's Twitter/Facebook ban and they sure as hell won't let Jack effin Dorsey be their arbiter of free speech.