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It's fascinating that attempts at censorship often seem to quickly founder in incompetence of all things. It turns out that actually banning the right things a
by zmmmmm 4y ago
It's fascinating that attempts at censorship often seem to quickly founder in incompetence of all things.
It turns out that actually banning the right things and not the wrong things seems simple on the surface and then turns out to be problem of nearly unsolvable scale and complexity, to the point where the system often falls down through the utter humiliation of how badly it is working.
- pessimizer 4y agoBanning quickly, then unbanning slowly, usually by special request, works just fine for authoritarians. If it matters to enough people, you'll hear about it, and if it matters to important or wealthy people it will create an opportunity for graft/partnership. So, now that VLC (for example) has called you to get you to unban their software, you can call them later to get a feature removed or put in, or just free/discounted consulting on how to block objectionable streams (for example), with a vague threat of rebanning hanging over the discussion. Indonesia just banned the entire foreign internet (without the west caring), and is requiring sites that want to operate within the country to apply for whitelisting. edit: https://thediplomat.com/2022/07/internet-freedom-in-indonesia-is-teetering-on-a-razors-edge/ https://thediplomat.com/2022/07/internet-freedom-in-indonesi... background: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/02/indonesias-proposed-online-intermediary-regulation-may-be-most-repressive-yet https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/02/indonesias-proposed-on...