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The most obvious outcome possible.I was never able to load the website myself, but if you centralize things to a specific website, it's trivial to block it. Sin
by everdrive 8mo ago
The most obvious outcome possible.I was never able to load the website myself, but if you centralize things to a specific website, it's trivial to block it. Since I could never load the site, I don't know if they had any plans outside of just putting up a website. If not, this was incredibly stupid.
- mcny 8mo agoPretty sure it is all performative and the actual audience is the voters in the US.
- kbrkbr 8mo agoIt's the same administration that stated that they sent a hospital ship to a country with public healthcare to take care of the sick people there. Boy, I will miss this administration for their sense of humor and ingenuity. They always find something new. A firework of performance art.
- SilverElfin 8mo agoI think it looks stupid on the surface. But maybe it is a purposeful way to goad European countries into taking increasingly authoritarian policy changes like banning VPNs. They will use it to generate outrage among Europeans and undermine the leadership, and try to either split the EU along these lines or place friendly leaders. Maybe this is conspiracy theory. But I feel like the aggression they’ve shown - even people like Marco Rubio - suggests they’re acting with a purpose.
- NooneAtAll3 8mo agothe goal was to publicly display european censorship and to take down its moral "high ground" it succeeded
- potatototoo99 8mo agoMaybe in the US. In Europe it never convinced anyone, as it never would since anything minimally related to Trump is discarded automatically.
- petcat 8mo agoAlso because internet censorship and censorship in general has largely become normalized in Europe.
- bdangubic 8mo agoUS is infinitely worse than EU but selectively based on what ruling party wants you to both see and post. try to get some coverage from gaza or west bank and/or post something slightly critical of israel and see how that works out for you. EU, China… are at least up front about what they want to censor and why, US censors every fucking imaginable thing while people are too stupid to see it and go “oh my, look how bad EU/China are…”
- CamperBob2 8mo agoUS censors every fucking imaginable thing while people are too stupid to see it and go “oh my, look how bad EU/China are No, we do not. You've been lied to. You should go back to whoever told you that, ask them why, and ask them not to do it again.
- blackcatsec 8mo agoI mean there are an increasing number of states that are requiring age gating for pornography access for sites like PornHub. It's only a matter of time before that age gating expands to non-pornographic entities, which is the ultimate goal of the plan.
- CamperBob2 8mo agoUnfortunately you're probably not wrong, but the fact remains, none of this is happening at a national level. Yet.
- bdangubic 8mo agoshit is and has been happening at the national level for a while. gave you an example you can take for a spin (would not advise you do though)
- lovich 8mo agoWhile conveniently ignoring or gaslighting everyone about this admins own censorship.
- isodev 8mo agoIt failed. The outcome was europeans see “yet another nonsense” coming from the US. Also, it barely made the news because of other nonsense coming from the US and generally that’s limited to “international news”. Also, we don’t actually have censorship in Europe, not in the way the US is trying to suggest.
- drnick1 8mo agoYet, your ISPs don't give you access to the full Internet. First it's porn (age verification), then it's soccer, then it's social media (ID verification), then it's libraries. Soon, you even stuff that you take for granted, such as playing an online game, may require age/ID verification. At this rate, all you will be able to access soon will be center-left Euro propaganda.
- isodev 8mo agoThe ISPs do what our elected governments direct them to do. It’s how democracy works. If you don’t like what people are voting for, get into politics and talk to your community. Or at least email your MEP. There is no conspiracy here.
- therein 8mo agoCute that you think that's how it works. I guess you're also thinking everyone that voted for the current administration agrees with them on everything they do and voted them in exactly for that. I am at least glad you didn't say if you don't like how it works, move elsewhere.
- isodev 8mo agoI know that’s how it works and I also know it’s not a zero sum game. That’s why every law or policy gets time for comments and debate and sometimes policy gets revised. It’s how governance works. But if you feel you have the perfect solutions, then by all means get yourself on the ballot so we can finally see the light.
- watwut 8mo agoI do not see it succeeding. I genuinely see it as an attempt to make child porn more available and to promote nazi. And considering the latter is basically official usa policy, europe still keeps high moral ground ... despite its own actual faults which are not this.
- outside1234 8mo ago"censorship" (aka not allowing hate speech from Nazis)