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That’s why regulation should apply to services like that, the same way a private company should not be able to block a highway that is critical to the functioni
by kaba0 2y ago
That’s why regulation should apply to services like that, the same way a private company should not be able to block a highway that is critical to the functioning of a country.
Twitter since elon’s criminal “leadership” has become a bot-infested cesspool of racist bullshit, where he unilaterally censors whatever he dislikes in his sissy fits. In this form, this is a manipulation device, and good riddance.
- inglor_cz 2y agoThere is a lot more than racist bullshit that is going on on Twitter/X, for example, a lot of interesting voices from Ukraine. If I were a Brasilian, I would certainly deeply resent the idea that my government treats me like a digital serf who is only allowed to move within a certain "area". I don't believe in merits of censorship, regardless of all the putative benefits it always claims. And yeah, I am aware that Musk isn't a good personal example either. But it is worse if an entity with a monopoly on violence (= government) engages in that.
- kaba0 2y agoGovernments are elected by people, and are the best representatives of what the people want. You rather a foreign agent with questionable motives be the arbiter of truth, rather than the body that is elected more or less democratically?
- inglor_cz 2y agoI don't want governments to be arbiters of truth at all. Elected, unelected, I just don't want them to do this kind of job, much like I don't want a plumber to dictate the contents of my next lunch. The idea that governments should stick their fingers into anything they want is literally the definition of a totalitarian society.
- rbanffy 2y agoI don’t want Musk to be an arbiter of truth either, and I’m sure we can all agree how much of a terrible idea that’d be.
- ripjaygn 2y ago> Twitter since elon’s criminal “leadership” has become a bot-infested cesspool of racist bullshit, where he unilaterally censors whatever he dislikes in his sissy fits. In this form, this is a manipulation device, and good riddance If that is true then why do Biden, Kamala, the DNC, and most European politicians continue to post heavily on it?
- kaba0 2y agoThe two statements are not contradictory, and it still hasn’t lost all its users from the twitter times, when it was a decent social media. You can easily verify my statement if you wish, look up all the instances where Elon decided to ban stuff he dislikes, the rate of flat out racist bullshit, etc.