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I'm not very aware of this subject, but from my understanding "the laptop" is the files that were extracted from a person's laptop by a man who was supposed to

by UmGuys 1y ago

I'm not very aware of this subject, but from my understanding "the laptop" is the files that were extracted from a person's laptop by a man who was supposed to repair it. Then the files were released in public and included nude images. I would expect any company to pull those documents down to limit their own liability and for common decency. Again, I'm not very informed on the subject. So there was that example. Now the FCC threatened ABC/Disney to pull a show because the orange guy dislikes him. I isolation, just this one incident is the death of the concept of America. If we consider the context :thisisfine:

themaninthedark 1y ago
No, they were blocking links to the news story from the NY Post, including users from sending private messages... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24780798 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24780798 >In April 2021, White House advisers met with Twitter content moderators. The moderators believed the meeting had gone well, but noted in a private Slack discussion that they had fielded "one really tough question about why Alex Berenson hasn't been kicked off from the platform." https://reason.com/2023/01/19/how-the-cdc-became-the-speech-police/ https://reason.com/2023/01/19/how-the-cdc-became-the-speech-... Edit: URL was malformed due to copy paste error...
- UmGuys 1y ago
  I have no idea what you're referencing honestly. Private companies can make whatever business decisions they want. You second link is 404 and I have no idea what you're talking about. The subject is what used to be the United States. A concept that no longer exists because we're too shitty.
  - themaninthedark 1y ago
    Thanks, URL was messed up due to copy paste error.
- UmGuys 1y ago
  I googled Alex as I didn't know who that was. The government has an interest in public health. 1.2 million Americans (likely many more) died as a result of covid. There were refrigerator trucks filled with bodies in places. It was hell. People who spread misinformation literally kill people and themselves. It seems like the government back then actually worked with companies to craft guidance rather than threatening their licenses, suing, etc. There's no comparison at all to the current time. America was founded to rid ourselves of royalty and the first amendment is proof of that. Now America is gone.
  - themaninthedark 1y ago
    You don't have to tell me it was hell, I was there. People, the government and scientists were all spreading misinformation depending on what the official messaging was at the time. Case in point: Early on, the government was saying "Masks are not effective at stopping COVID-19" due to them wanting to control supply. When that happened, there was a large number of studies that came out showing just that. When you looked at the methodology, it was "Mask over mouth, cough into Petri dish" and see if any COVID was detectable in dish. Also "Virus particle size is much smaller than openings on mask" When the government changed it's stance, all of those were retracted. It took the WHO 2 YEARS to change their stance and say that COVID-19 was airborne: >In the spring of 2020, as covid-19 took hold, confusion reigned among scientists, doctors, public health experts, and others. Many insisted the spread of the new virus was through the air, yet the World Health Organization refused to use the terms “airborne” or “aerosol”1 in the context of covid-19 until 2021.2 This had repercussions as the world debated mask wearing (and what types of masks were suitable) and whether indoor spaces were a factor in infection. >Now, four years later and after two years of deliberation by experts,3 WHO has altered its definition of the “airborne” spread of infectious pathogens in the hope of avoiding the confusion and miscommunication that characterised the first year of the pandemic—and threatened attempts to control the virus’s spread. https://www.bmj.com/content/385/bmj.q985 https://www.bmj.com/content/385/bmj.q985 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22280304 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22280304
    - UmGuys 1y ago
      I don't get what your point is. We agree covid is bad and difficult for people to deal with.

by UmGuys 1y ago

themaninthedark 1y ago

No, they were blocking links to the news story from the NY Post, including users from sending private messages... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24780798 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24780798 >In April 2021, White House advisers met with Twitter content moderators. The moderators believed the meeting had gone well, but noted in a private Slack discussion that they had fielded "one really tough question about why Alex Berenson hasn't been kicked off from the platform." https://reason.com/2023/01/19/how-the-cdc-became-the-speech-police/ https://reason.com/2023/01/19/how-the-cdc-became-the-speech-... Edit: URL was malformed due to copy paste error...

UmGuys 1y ago
I have no idea what you're referencing honestly. Private companies can make whatever business decisions they want. You second link is 404 and I have no idea what you're talking about. The subject is what used to be the United States. A concept that no longer exists because we're too shitty.
- themaninthedark 1y ago
  Thanks, URL was messed up due to copy paste error.
UmGuys 1y ago
I googled Alex as I didn't know who that was. The government has an interest in public health. 1.2 million Americans (likely many more) died as a result of covid. There were refrigerator trucks filled with bodies in places. It was hell. People who spread misinformation literally kill people and themselves. It seems like the government back then actually worked with companies to craft guidance rather than threatening their licenses, suing, etc. There's no comparison at all to the current time. America was founded to rid ourselves of royalty and the first amendment is proof of that. Now America is gone.
- themaninthedark 1y ago
  You don't have to tell me it was hell, I was there. People, the government and scientists were all spreading misinformation depending on what the official messaging was at the time. Case in point: Early on, the government was saying "Masks are not effective at stopping COVID-19" due to them wanting to control supply. When that happened, there was a large number of studies that came out showing just that. When you looked at the methodology, it was "Mask over mouth, cough into Petri dish" and see if any COVID was detectable in dish. Also "Virus particle size is much smaller than openings on mask" When the government changed it's stance, all of those were retracted. It took the WHO 2 YEARS to change their stance and say that COVID-19 was airborne: >In the spring of 2020, as covid-19 took hold, confusion reigned among scientists, doctors, public health experts, and others. Many insisted the spread of the new virus was through the air, yet the World Health Organization refused to use the terms “airborne” or “aerosol”1 in the context of covid-19 until 2021.2 This had repercussions as the world debated mask wearing (and what types of masks were suitable) and whether indoor spaces were a factor in infection. >Now, four years later and after two years of deliberation by experts,3 WHO has altered its definition of the “airborne” spread of infectious pathogens in the hope of avoiding the confusion and miscommunication that characterised the first year of the pandemic—and threatened attempts to control the virus’s spread. https://www.bmj.com/content/385/bmj.q985 https://www.bmj.com/content/385/bmj.q985 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22280304 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22280304
  - UmGuys 1y ago
    I don't get what your point is. We agree covid is bad and difficult for people to deal with.