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This is what the article says the government did: > urging the major social media platforms to remove misleading or false content about the Covid-19 pandemic
by yladiz 3y ago
This is what the article says the government did:
> urging the major social media platforms to remove misleading or false content about the Covid-19 pandemic
They didn’t tell them what they had to do, and didn’t censor anything specifically from these companies, so can you explain what exactly you mean by “censors in the west”?
- rosmax_1337 3y agoI am afraid a too candid discussion about what is being censored on these plattforms is a discussion that easily leads to flames. I also certainly don't mean to just talk about censorship performed at the request of governments. (a request without explicit threat of coercion, but a request nonetheless) I also highlight the censorship which these same social media companies perform on society at large on a variety of contentious political topics. I hold the belief that these social media companies have become new types of a public square, and the freedom of expression must be guaranteed on these platforms just as well as freedom of expression is guaranteed on a irl public square in most western countries. They should be required to carry and broadcast ideas which they themselves do not subscribe to, just as well as telecom companies are required to transmit phonecalls between people they dislike.
- yladiz 3y ago> I am afraid a too candid discussion about what is being censored on these plattforms is a discussion that easily leads to flames. Okay, at the risk of turning this into flames, I would like to understand what exactly is being censored, so feel free to be more candid.
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