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I reckon the opposite will happen - no single government will be able to implement unreasonable censorship, because there will be a higher bar for accepting blo
by toyg 5y ago
I reckon the opposite will happen - no single government will be able to implement unreasonable censorship, because there will be a higher bar for accepting blocks. Or are you arguing that Orban and Kaczynski have more control in Bruxelles than at home? Because that's definitely not the case; if anything, they are more isolated at European level than they are in their own countries.
- southerntofu 5y agoYes because countries like France or Germany have such a better record when it comes to censorship! /s Germany famously hunted down Indymedia and tor supporters a few years ago, and privacy-friendly ISP Freifunk had to fight its way through constitutional court. France had trials against alleged contributors to self-organized media outlets (from reseaumutu.info federation, more specifically iaata.info instance), had many many films censored (such as Afrique 50 or La bataille d'Alger), and has strong regulations outlawing critiques of police and/or president. Creating a broader power never results in mitigating power abuse. If anything, it helps it foster by piling on layers of abstraction/bureaucracy which diminish accountability in the long run.