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Truth 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.
This 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
This 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…
This isn’t a good example of cutting Russia from the internet - Reddit is allowing Russians access to Reddit, and they can post on Reddit, they are just blocking links to Russian sites. That’s perhaps I’ll advised, and too blunt an attempt to slow disinformation, but it is not cutting Russian citizens off.
This 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
Truth 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.
This is how free speech dies.
The actual censorship is Putin's 15 year punishment for news he doesn't like.
I wish enough of HN understood free speech at a level to pass a test in 8th grade that we would embarrass one another when getting things this wrong.
It really hampers our ability to function in the real world, the way we reject any constraint involving text and then say "but muh free speech"
This isn't intelligent or correct
Truth 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.
Try learning from the Russian people, who are learning from the BBC, instead of random people on the internet.
""" We decided to do this due to the heavy cyber component to this war and the chance of manipulated content. Even seemingly innocuous links could be hosted by someone that is less benign. We certainly recognize that this is a pretty far reaching decision but there are generally other ways for most people to share the type of content that is being described.
As to why this wasn't communicated, there is a lot of things going on right now and sometimes moving fast means missing steps along the way (like sharing with mods). We did not intend to hide this decision. """
So it has little to nothing to do with attempting to censor.