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A company deciding not to transact with someone is not analogous to a government preventing its citizens from accessing portions of the web.
by jakelazaroff 5y ago
A company deciding not to transact with someone is not analogous to a government preventing its citizens from accessing portions of the web.
- throwaway6250 5y agoThe idea that companies should be able to control governments is a very american idea, and is pretty much not accepted anywhere else. When a website actively supports destabilizing forces against a nation, the least that nation (and it's people) can do is to block said website.
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- amadeuspagel 5y agoMy comment states a specific analogy, which is that a lot of the excuses people give for the former also apply to the latter. You can't refute this just by stating that it's "not analogous".
- jakelazaroff 5y agoI suppose they’re speciously similar, but the argument at its core is “people should be able to freely associate” which cuts against this decision by the Nigerian government.