• schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de
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    3 months ago

    Incredible how the Overton window has shifted towards “of course it is ok for governments to control, regulate and censor the Internet”.

    Yes, it is indeed possible to “sow discord” on the Internet, e.g. the Arab Spring.

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      3 months ago

      You shouldn’t be allowed to promote violence and hatred without consequence especially with straight up disinformation.

    • WaxedWookie@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      This isn’t an internet thing - it’s an inciting racist violence thing. Kiddie porn isn’t suddenly fair game because you’re on the internet, and rightly so - neither is inciting racial hatred.

      If he’d stood in the town square to rally the browncoats, he’d have a higher chance of being held accountable. Pick a better example to plant your flag - consolidation of social platforms like xitter into a state of oligopoly where a handful of people undemocratically set the rules they want via TOS would be a good start.