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I made a similar suggestion a couple of years ago[0] on a discussion about Google banning a podcasting app ("after 9 years for letting users play podcasts that
by dane-pgp 4y ago
I made a similar suggestion a couple of years ago[0] on a discussion about Google banning a podcasting app ("after 9 years for letting users play podcasts that reference COVID-19").
Of course it's a terrible idea (which might be why you're being downvoted) but that's the point. If we don't want governments deciding (in secret, without due process) which apps and accounts and pages to censor, then we shouldn't be comfortable with a situation where a handful of unrepresentative CEOs (who might all share the same politics, and golf together, in a foreign jurisdiction relative to most of their users) have an equally big narrative-controlling effect on multiple societies.
[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23230550 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23230550
- nickdothutton 4y agoI had faith. I knew someone would get it eventually.