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Basic history classes should have made it clear that trying to censor sarcasm not only doesn't work, but is counter-productive. All regimes have tried various t
by icare_1er 5y ago
Basic history classes should have made it clear that trying to censor sarcasm not only doesn't work, but is counter-productive. All regimes have tried various things to prevent them, but they just gave their opponents even more topics to make fun of. That dates back to drawings mocking the king being circulated in underground newspapers, to using "Non-Playable-Characters" online on Twitter.
- user-the-name 5y agoLiterally nobody is trying to, or has in any way suggested, "censoring sarcasm". This is a document that describes, accurately, how the far right uses humour. That is a useful thing to document and be aware of when trying to combat radicalisation.
- greatgib 5y agoThis is the first step: first you put in every policy maker head the idea that there is a problem and that they need to do something about it, then they find "solutions"... Think about how "internet" and "social networks" become "evil" in policy maker heads. Now, everything that is happening is the fault of internet. So, internet has to be censored.
- user-the-name 5y agohttps://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/slippery-slope https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/slippery-slope
- Freak_NL 5y agoThe paper doesn't seem to recommend simply censoring though. It proposes sensible means of engagement (and disengagement) on page 12 and 13.
- tester34 5y agoI meant putting money into researching how does internet, internet communities, memes, social medias are used to manipulate, radicalize, create misinformation yada yada.