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Gamer words? "I need more diamond ore?"
Curses, slurs, etc.
A Survey of Worldwide Censorship Techniques
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Curses, slurs, etc.
What? I don't see your point then. Hate criminals should obviously should be punished for using slurs.
It makes sense to criminalize stated threats of violence or persistent targeted harassment, but generally free societies should err on the side of not criminalizing speech if possible.
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#14However, sometimes I think IETF is living in the past; it feels like they've missed the rise of platform economy within which also most of the censorship nowadays occur.
Also: the report dates to 2023 but the sources referenced are mostly from the 2010s. There are also a lot of questionable sources involved.
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What? I don't see your point then. Hate criminals should obviously should be punished for using slurs.
Unkind words shouldn't be a crime in and of themselves - that includes slurs. It makes sense to criminalize stated threats of violence or persistent targeted harassment, but generally free societies should err on the side of not criminalizing speech if possible.
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What? I don't see your point then. Hate criminals should obviously should be punished for using slurs.
Personally I refuse to live in a country where thought-crime is prosecuted.