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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      1 year ago

      You rang the alarm bell about this being a slippery slope that will lead to attempts to ban e2ee, but as you yourself demonstrated this is already happening, so I’m not sure how anything you’ve said applies to restricting false information online… and how it doesn’t also apply to, say, bans on child pornography, unless you disagree with those too?

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        1 year ago

        Because those laws are bad and it will increase those laws, and is one of those bad laws… I’ve said this multiple times now. CP is an entirely different story and is universally banned, nobody wants that on their servers. Speech is another thing. Countries will never agree on misinfo and what’s truth, and it’ll be a constant game who servers banning traffic from different countries depending on if they agree or disagree with what they consider/enforce is misinfo. Misinfo idiots should still be getting banned off of social media, but the law should not be involved.