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originally posted by: JinMI
Oddly, these are private companies and to their own discretions, can terminate content based on "extreme" views. I don't like that...you shouldn't either.
originally posted by: DBCowboy
a reply to: Aazadan
Just curious, why don't you sign your name and address at the end of your posts or in your signature.
originally posted by: Quetzalcoatl14
I used to wonder if this was happening at times, on certain websites. Because it seemed like people couldn't see a few comments I made.
Is this really a proven thing?
originally posted by: proteus33
a reply to: odzeandennzapparently you didn't see the psa that this site posted saying that pizzagate stuff violated their blah blah blah . censorship is censorship. Iam not saying pizzagate true or false but the fact that the powers that be can get it stopped here is truly eye opening. but back to topic at hand companies are gonna do what they want they always have they always will.
originally posted by: JinMI
Well..there's laws against theft. Just sayin.
originally posted by: Aazadan
originally posted by: JinMI
Well..there's laws against theft. Just sayin.
Who is stealing? I'm hoping you're not making some sort of taxes=theft argument. Instead I'll assume you're making a point that there's laws against theft but it still happens, so requiring an identity leads to greater problems with identity theft. That's true to an extent, but if we used biometric ID's it would be a lot harder to commit identity fraud under such a system.
originally posted by: Aazadan
originally posted by: JinMI
a reply to: Aazadan
So lets say there is a process. What keeps the government from censoring?
Free speech laws. It's still a violation if a government asks a corporation to do it.
originally posted by: mkultra11
originally posted by: Aazadan
originally posted by: JinMI
a reply to: Aazadan
So lets say there is a process. What keeps the government from censoring?
Free speech laws. It's still a violation if a government asks a corporation to do it.
What free speech laws? The US relinquished internet oversight, US laws will no longer apply. Just look at whats happening all of a sudden you have Merkel and obama talking about fake news and censoring what tey deem as hate speech. The ball is already rolling. Things are going to start getting very different on the internet.
originally posted by: mkultra11
What free speech laws? The US relinquished internet oversight, US laws will no longer apply. Just look at whats happening all of a sudden you have Merkel and obama talking about fake news and censoring what tey deem as hate speech. The ball is already rolling. Things are going to start getting very different on the internet.
originally posted by: JinMI
a reply to: Aazadan
I can't disagree with that.
I want you to take notice however that the ones you are entrusting with the proposed verification are the same ones that would write those laws. Surely you can see the slippery slope here.