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I don't agree with the Ps take. China, Russia and Iran definitely do not want a filter-free internet. They want to suppress discourse. They censor because th
by mc32 3y ago
I don't agree with the Ps take. China, Russia and Iran definitely do not want a filter-free internet. They want to suppress discourse.
They censor because they want to control the narrative and to deliver their own propaganda.
Western nations seem to have become attracted to the approach authoritarians have been using since we had a printing press. We saw that with Covid and also with the infamous Hunter Biden laptop as well as with mass shootings --sometimes they disclose info, other times they don't disclose info.