Most Americans say the U.S. government and technology companies should each take steps to restrict false information and extremely violent content online.
65% of Americans support tech companies moderating false information online and 55% support the U.S. government taking these steps. These shares have increased since 2018. Americans are even more supportive of tech companies (71%) and the U.S. government (60%) restricting extremely violent content online.
Neo-Nazi parties are getting ready to take over half of Europe and all of North America as we speak. No, they are not fine. They are very, very far from fine.
And when they do, laws like this will be used to stop anyone from dethroning the dictatorship and restoring democracy.
And when they do, laws like this will be used to stop anyone from dethroning the dictatorship and restoring democracy.
this might be the most obvious non-sequitur i’ve ever seen—laws like “don’t advocate for a second Holocaust” or “don’t spread COVID misinformation” have literally no relation or causation to what far-right authoritarians believe or will do if they take power. the idea that this is what will empower them to smother democracy is on its face completely absurdist.
If they take over it doesn’t matter what laws we have. Currently the republican frontrunner plans to expand the power of the president, and previously he packed the court with garbage. That’s how they win, not by the government or companies working to fight misinformation.
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there’s also the detail that most countries do not have unabridged freedom of speech and, shockingly, are actually quite fine for not having it, so…
Neo-Nazi parties are getting ready to take over half of Europe and all of North America as we speak. No, they are not fine. They are very, very far from fine.
And when they do, laws like this will be used to stop anyone from dethroning the dictatorship and restoring democracy.
this might be the most obvious non-sequitur i’ve ever seen—laws like “don’t advocate for a second Holocaust” or “don’t spread COVID misinformation” have literally no relation or causation to what far-right authoritarians believe or will do if they take power. the idea that this is what will empower them to smother democracy is on its face completely absurdist.
If they take over it doesn’t matter what laws we have. Currently the republican frontrunner plans to expand the power of the president, and previously he packed the court with garbage. That’s how they win, not by the government or companies working to fight misinformation.