EpicQuest_246

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by EpicQuest_246 2y ago
The online communities don't exist within the borders of a nation state. They have their own social norms and rules. You can see this on forums, message boards, online games etc. Therefore a nation state trying to enforce its will on t
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by EpicQuest_246 2y ago
I don't really understand how many people on here (I've been lurking for a while), essentially pretend everything is backwards. You don't level the playing field by making it more difficult to do business, you make it easier.
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by EpicQuest_246 2y ago
There are so many issues with stripping anonymity. TBH I will probably end up 100% either using a VPN or the darknet.
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by EpicQuest_246 2y ago
It wouldn't be anonymous then if it was in my work place.
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by EpicQuest_246 2y ago
Social media does not cause harm in of itself. People can use social media in a way that can be harmful, but you can say that about absolutely anything. Plenty of people that are not tech people manage to use social media to promote themsel
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by EpicQuest_246 2y ago
The definition of hate speech used to be centered around terrorism and was initially sold to the UK public as stopping "Islamic hate preachers and stopping terrorism". This has now expanded far past that and people are being inves
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by EpicQuest_246 2y ago
I am a software engineer in the UK. One of the reasons I want to move from the UK is because so many of our populace has attitudes such as yours. The online safety act won't solve the problems you think it will and will create a whole
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by EpicQuest_246 2y ago
Which kills any sort of online anonymity as all social media posts will be directly linked to your ID. This will make it much easier to go after anyone that is a dissident in the UK. Many these awful laws such as one being discussed are sol
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by EpicQuest_246 2y ago
It may not have been but it seems that any dystopian piece of literature will be used as one.
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by EpicQuest_246 2y ago
People say as a pithy answer and it is very frustrating. Unfortunately it is utterly unrealistic that voting will solve this situation. 1) The majority of the UK's populace are onboard with the vast majority of these laws. Even if all