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Content moderators. At the very least. I'm all for free speech, but what's happening today on the Internet is not free speech in any way or form. I'm pretty cer
by hugi 5y ago
Content moderators. At the very least. I'm all for free speech, but what's happening today on the Internet is not free speech in any way or form. I'm pretty certain most of what's written on popular online forums today, such as political/news subreddits is propaganda or troll warfare.
- Clubber 5y ago>what's happening today on the Internet is not free speech in any way or form. I'm pretty certain most of what's written on popular online forums today, such as political/news subreddits is propaganda or troll warfare. How exactly do you define free speech?
- prohobo 5y agoI wouldn't be surprised by this myself, but the main actors in astroturfing are usually states and corporations through bots and paid shills, not normal users. So, if you were being serious about stopping things like that you would be specifically going after bots and shills, not opinions. That's a huge distinction to be made that I don't think you're properly addressing.
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 5y agoI think so too. I don't know how people got it in their heads that they have a right to say and do whatever they want on private platforms. I think the freakout is coming from the trollers/propagandists themselves. Censorship is if you try to print your own newsletter and the FBI comes and destroys it.