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.

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    Right, and it sounds like people want more restrictions. So it started with some reasonable restrictions baked into the bill of rights, and we’ve been losing rights at an alarming rate, so if people are already on board then I imagine we’ll get more restrictive speech legislation.

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      So it started with some reasonable restrictions baked into the bill of rights, and we’ve been losing rights at an alarming rate,

      …what? American freedom of speech has, if anything, gotten less restrictive over time and it never was restrictive to begin with. you quite literally have to go out of your way to utter something which isn’t protected speech at this point (and the First Amendment has never covered private corporations so nobody is losing a “right” when Twitter tells you that you can’t wish for a second Holocaust)

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        Thanks, yeah, I definitely am the kind of person to wish for a second holocaust. /thread

        guess this rule doesn’t apply to admins

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          i think context makes it pretty obvious this is a generalized you (i quite literally say “nobody”, which is an indefinite and plural pronoun), so i’m not sure why you’re taking offense to this as if i’m saying you personally want a second Holocaust. if i thought you wanted that, as an admin i’d just say it to your face and ban you since you wouldn’t be a good fit for here

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      “we’re losing rights” or some people you don’t like are gaining safety? No rights are lost by combatting disinformation. It’s not like someone is just going to go out with a banhammer and say “I disagree so that’s disinformation, you’re banned”