This isn’t new. Censorship was actually actively cheered on by some during the COVID pandemic, and there’s been wide support of “hate speech” censorship laws for a long time before that even.
Unfortunately, most people only want free speech for their speech.
Very dystopian for a mega corporation to use the FBI to crack down on protests against the mass surveillance and genocide of Palestinians. I remember people saying that the book IBM and the Holocaust was an important ethical lesson for our industry, guess not, now it seems more like a guidebook.
HN crowd is more concerned about android side loading than they are about surveillance of civilians exercising their right to free speech
This isn’t new. Censorship was actually actively cheered on by some during the COVID pandemic, and there’s been wide support of “hate speech” censorship laws for a long time before that even.
Unfortunately, most people only want free speech for their speech.
Very dystopian for a mega corporation to use the FBI to crack down on protests against the mass surveillance and genocide of Palestinians. I remember people saying that the book IBM and the Holocaust was an important ethical lesson for our industry, guess not, now it seems more like a guidebook.
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