Maybe the EU can open a book portal for the US. https://pen.org/report/the-normalization-of-book-banning/
Banned in the same way you don't show certificate 18 films to 6 year olds.
US plans online portal to bypass content bans in Europe and elsewhere
811–820 of 1001 posts
Re: US plans online portal to bypass content bans in Europe and elsewhere
#812Until you have to validate your id/age to continue... Seriously though... we have one segment undermining foreign lockdowns while the same and other segments are literally doing the same here.
its like we have different smaller governments that can pass their own laws inside of one larger government or something
While I get that... I'm talking about hypocrisy not sovereignty in that it's the same or overlapping group doing both.
Re: US plans online portal to bypass content bans in Europe and elsewhere
#813Earlier quoted context omitted.
Sure, but it is not the same thing as explicitly promoting racist and fringe -right ideas. JD Vance may have voiced support (I didn’t listen to his speech) for conservative or right-wing political forces in Europe, but it is not the same as promoting explicitly racist and fringe-right ideas. There is a night and day difference between the original claim, and the evidence presented.
Sorry but you are just riding semantics here - what is the difference between far-right, extreme-right and “fringe”-right? AfD is classified as extreme-right by German intelligence. The US vice president gave them an endorsement in public speeches and met with their leaders privately. The AFD is actively promoting racist, fringe(sic!)-right ideas such as “remigration” (aka trying to get rid of all German citizens tha…
> Sorry but you are just riding semantics here - what is the difference between far-right, extreme-right and “fringe”-right?
I have no idea what is the practical difference. I would say that far right is a party or a group that believe in inherent superiority of certain race over the other. Like, white power, etc. I do not think that saying things like “my culture is better” is racist or makes you far right.
> AfD is classified as extreme-right by German intelligence. > The US vice president gave them an endorsement in public speeches and met with their leaders privately. > The AFD is actively promoting racist, fringe(sic!)-right ideas such as “remigration” (aka trying to get rid of all German citizens that don’t look “german” enough)
It shows support by JD Vance, sure.
> The US government is explicitly promoting the racist ideology that parties like the AFD represent.
I would not agree that this constitutes as explicitly promoting. In my view explicitly promoting an ideology is standing on a stand and repeating the goals of said ideology. Did JD Vance said that reimigration is a good thing, and that he fully supports it for Germany? Idk, if he did, let’s see, and I will concede.
> If that isn’t enough to open your eyes, please explain what level of “evidence” would be enough - but I rather feel like you have made up your mind long before and aren’t really looking for an honest discussion
I didn’t make my mind. I’m very much against racism, and any other form of discrimination. I’m also against intellectually lazy forms of debate.
In my view and my experience the journalists discredited themselves so much in the past 5 years, so I simply do not trust their interpretations at all (regardless of their political affiliation). Show me the source, so I can see myself.
Re: US plans online portal to bypass content bans in Europe and elsewhere
#814What content bans does Europe have? /Confused European
This site claims to list them out: https://eylenburg.github.io/countries.htm
I cannot vouch for its accuracy but I thought it was interesting.
Re: US plans online portal to bypass content bans in Europe and elsewhere
#815Earlier quoted context omitted.
This definition is so broad it basically encompasses all communication.
All communication that is primarily used to influence or persuade an audience to further an agenda, yes. There's also debate and ego-less teaching for the sake of truth-seeking.
For the sake of truth seeking you will selectively teach information that your ego deems true.
Re: US plans online portal to bypass content bans in Europe and elsewhere
#816Earlier quoted context omitted.
And this domestic ruling is, in your view, an evidence of the “very explicitly stated goals of sowing discord within the US's former "allies", to weaken Europe, and to promote racist and fringe-right views.”? You can’t be serious. The original claim is about the foreign policy of US government to promote racist ideologies, and your “proof” is a ruling about constitutionality of using race and language as a indicator…
> to promote racist and fringe-right views So yeah, this is promoting racist views of "assume everyone who looks non-white and speaks a language other than English as a potential undocumented migrant and go harass them with impunity".
I see that you still do not understand the difference between the stated claim, and its scope, and your evidence. You also seem not to understand the difference between the US government, which is an executive branch, and the Supreme Court, which is a judicial branch, and by design has no policy to push.
Re: US plans online portal to bypass content bans in Europe and elsewhere
#817It's a waste of resources, but please do it! The entire "European Union censors" narrative is a hoax [1], so the portal will achieve nothing, but you've got to do what you've got to do! [1] First, the EU countries have much higher World Press Freedom Index than the US. Second, once you start reading how little there is of the alleged "censorship" in the EU, you realize it's a no-brainer aiming to protect people.
I am European and I would like to challenge you a little. Both the US and Europe have major issues with press and freedom of expression. To give you some examples from the European side. Specifically, the UK: * Police in England and Wales recorded 12,183 arrests in 2023 for online speech. This number is growing fast, but the government isn't releasing the data anymore. A few years ago this man retweeted a meme (prett…
> This has led to outrageous examples such as this man who is facing a longer sentence for burning a Quran than the man who stabbed him (for burning said Quran): https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8xr12yx5l4o
This is a more than a bit misleading. The Quran-burner received a £240 fine, his assailant got 20 weeks suspended. Also, though he went for him with a knife, he wasn't successful - nobody was stabbed.
Re: US plans online portal to bypass content bans in Europe and elsewhere
#818Won't they simply blacklist freedom.gov?
Re: US plans online portal to bypass content bans in Europe and elsewhere
#819Earlier quoted context omitted.
As someone living in an EU state who has to regularly turn my VPN on and off to have full internet access, I can't agree with you that it's a "hoax". It's inconvenient enough for me that I'm looking into having a custom router that will switch between VPN destinations depending on what site I'm accessing. Also "EU countries have higher press freedom than the US" is a strawman argument. We're not talking about press f…
DCMA. United states censoring all around the world. So please host a VPN to get around that.
I don't think high seas sites hosted in off-shore jurisdictions particularly care about the DMCA...
Re: US plans online portal to bypass content bans in Europe and elsewhere
#820Earlier quoted context omitted.
The whole book banning thing is a little weird in 2026, IMO. It's exciting to think about, we all liked Fahrenheit 451, but a book not being bought for elementary schools doesn't really make it "banned" IMO. There are a lot of books which probably shouldn't be in schools. I don't think children should be given copies of Mein Kampf or Camp of Saints, nor the random dark fantasy novels which are so popular today. It fe…
As a parent, I believe there is no book that should be banned from being used by a teacher for instruction. I have the responsibility of ensuring that the school my child attends employs teachers who I trust to make effective and age-appropriate curriculum decisions.
How do we ensure schools employ only teachers we trust? Whats the criteria and initial/review process?
Also, teachers are human. They change views and opinions like the rest of us. What guarantees they don't break that trust?