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  • cygnus@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Earlier this year, Moraes ordered X to block certain accounts, as he investigates so-called “digital militias” that have been accused of spreading fake news and hate messages

    I hate to defend that cesspool of a site, but I don’t think it’s appropriate for social media websites to ban accounts at the whim of foreign governments. Reasonable people should just choose to stop using Twitter altogether and leave it to the Nazis so that it can finally go the way of Gab et al.

      • cygnus@lemmy.ca
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        1 year ago

        I get that, but Twitter isn’t based in Brazil at all. What happens if, say, China declares that certain posts are “misinformation”? Should those be taken down without complaint?

          • chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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            1 year ago

            If a government is imposing harmful censorship I think supporting resistance of that censorship is the right thing to do. A company that isn’t located in that country, ethically shouldn’t be complying with such orders. Make them burn political capital taking extreme and implausible measures.

              • chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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                1 year ago

                Since my argument isn’t about what should be censored, I’m intentionally leaving the boundaries of “harmful censorship” open to interpretation, save the assertion that it exists and is widely practiced.

                I also think that any service (twitter) refusing to abide by the laws of a country (Brazil) has no place in that country.

                That could be true in a literal sense (the country successfully bans the use of the service), or not (the country isn’t willing or able to prevent its use). Morally though, I’d say you have a place wherever people need your help, whether or not their government wants them to be helped.

          • PowerCrazy@lemmy.mlEnglish
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            1 year ago

            I believe each country should get to have a say in what is permissible, and content deemed unacceptable should be blockable by region.

            Agreed. But if I’m running a website, I’m not going to block content based on what some other country that I don’t live in wants and why should I?