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India’s new intermediary liability and digital media laws will harm the internet

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Re: India’s new intermediary liability and digital media laws will harm the internet

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Well the power is stripped away from unregulated social media giants, so the feeble dependents (Mozilla) are raging on that how it will “harm” internet and “curtail” freedom.

Play stupid games and win stupid prices. No govt will surrender sovereignty and media control.

Just because US is dumb enough to completely surrender itself to Social media megatech companies that doesn’t mean everyone else wants to.

Re: India’s new intermediary liability and digital media laws will harm the internet

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Mozilla CEO : we need more than deplatforming for Trump supporters.

Also Mozilla : hey India, don’t come in between our empire building process.

If India’s laws are hurting Mozilla and the big tech, they are going to be right.

Re: India’s new intermediary liability and digital media laws will harm the internet

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post #4

Well the power is stripped away from unregulated social media giants, so the feeble dependents (Mozilla) are raging on that how it will “harm” internet and “curtail” freedom. Play stupid games and win stupid prices. No govt will surrender sovereignty and media control. Just because US is dumb enough to completely surrender itself to Social media megatech companies that doesn’t mean everyone else wants to.

You are going to be downvoted by so called experts from the West who think they know how the world works, and their way is the only right way.

Re: India’s new intermediary liability and digital media laws will harm the internet

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post #3

Stupid people making laws for the things that they don't fully understands.

Racist much? Not sure if you are Indian, but calling other people of different race stupid for protecting it’s own country makes you look crap, and you very well might be.

Re: India’s new intermediary liability and digital media laws will harm the internet

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post #4

Well the power is stripped away from unregulated social media giants, so the feeble dependents (Mozilla) are raging on that how it will “harm” internet and “curtail” freedom. Play stupid games and win stupid prices. No govt will surrender sovereignty and media control. Just because US is dumb enough to completely surrender itself to Social media megatech companies that doesn’t mean everyone else wants to.

The view that governments are necessarily trying to control information unless they’re dumb is not universally shared. This has little to do with surrendering sovereignty.

Re: India’s new intermediary liability and digital media laws will harm the internet

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post #3

Stupid people making laws for the things that they don't fully understands.

Your argument will hold true if social media companies act as a platform and don't censor or intervene.

In reality they take sides and push their agenda so this is bound to happen. Companies coming together to de-platform Trump and Twitter CEO admitting that twitter employees are left leaning are very good examples of why this would happen.

Re: India’s new intermediary liability and digital media laws will harm the internet

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Mozilla CEO : we need more than deplatforming for Trump supporters. Also Mozilla : hey India, don’t come in between our empire building process. If India’s laws are hurting Mozilla and the big tech, they are going to be right.

https://www.verdict.co.uk/mozilla-ceo-deplatforming/

The moment the tech companies started using the earned influence for political gains, it was game over, Internet was going to be split. Don’t take other countries courtesy for granted, if they are allowing you to operate doesn’t mean you can do whatever you want to do.

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