excelthrow

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   by excelthrow 6y ago

   This website and its mods are a joke. When I posted about two countries pressuring tech companies into silencing oppressed communities (including one country credibly accused of genocide) [1] it was flagged for being “political”. But China
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   by excelthrow 6y ago

   I mentioned that this post isn’t about debating who the righteous side is. The question is around the issue of Youtube removing songs, not only for Indian users but those around the world.
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   by excelthrow 6y ago

   No clue, but not really surprised
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   by excelthrow 6y ago

   It's a fine line to toe. I agree the latter statement is perhaps too accusatory, but I don't want to edit the post (for the sake of context in the comments). As far as the "oppressive regimes" statement, it is political
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   by excelthrow 6y ago

   Continued: --------------------------------- I understand that automated algorithms make a lot of these decisions, but I hope not everyone working with these companies is complacent enough to shift the blame onto some zeros-and-ones. I don&
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   Can we please discuss Big Tech's suppression of oppressed people?

   33 points by excelthrow 6y ago|18 comments