Reddit blocks posting any .ru links
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Reddit blocks posting any .ru links
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#2This is how free speech dies.
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#3Truth Social will be far right and have bizarre views but unfortunately that is where I would have to go to with the immense censorship in the mainstream internet and media. I really wish this wasn't the case.
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#4This just seems completely backwards. We lament every time a country in crisis/civil war blocks Internet for its citizens: Sudan, Kazakhstan, Burkina Faso, Yemen, ... and then we cut Russia from the Internet on our side [1]
If the point of sanctions is to get the local population to rise and make it difficult for the government to keep its course, why cut out their access to independent news that would let them know what to protest? That will leave them with only state-controlled news. And now they can't submit that to Reddit to discuss it?
I get that Reddit don't want to be left out of the PR bandwagon, and as a link aggregator all they can do is block links. But this doesn't feel like helping.
[1]: https://www.zdnet.com/article/internet-service-provider-coge...
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#5Truth Social will be far right and have bizarre views but unfortunately that is where I would have to go to with the immense censorship in the mainstream internet and media. I really wish this wasn't the case.
I'm willing to bet Truth Social will implement its own bizarro censorship. Like, if Twitter bans claims that the 2020 election was rigged, TS will ban claims that it was fair.
And in any case, even if they don't explicitly ban left-wing views, their algos will make sure most users don't see them.
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#6This is how free speech dies.
With Thunderous Applause.
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#7Truth Social will be far right and have bizarre views but unfortunately that is where I would have to go to with the immense censorship in the mainstream internet and media. I really wish this wasn't the case.
All user driven content sites censor.
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#8the targeting of conspiracy theorists and right wing (wrong think) opinions, in the market place but especially by silicon valley, has all been a warm up.
this is an authoritarian feature of our merger of state and market that will continue to grow and find increasing number of avenues for application.
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#9Truth Social will be far right and have bizarre views but unfortunately that is where I would have to go to with the immense censorship in the mainstream internet and media. I really wish this wasn't the case.
right and left are just made up concepts for poor people to fight about
this is all about money, like all world conflict. it just shows how globalisation only works if you're subservient to the will of the US.
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#10This is how free speech dies.
It’s been less than a single ~~generation~~ human lifespan since WW2, stop pretending like our species has transcended simply because we can send some 0s and 1s across the world.
There is war. People are dying, and you’re here commenting about free speech and your lack of access to 0s and 1s.
Edit: My usage of the term “generation” was pointed out to be wrong