The French president has raised the idea of limiting or even cutting off access to social media platforms during episodes of urban violence – a practice until now reserved for authoritarian regimes.

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    1 year ago

    So instead of tackling the source of problem, they are using authoritarian regimes toolkits.

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    What governments are and are not authoritarian is honestly a matter of perspective. No government should disrupt or intercept private communication between law abiding citizens without reasonable suspicion that there is imminent danger to human life.

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      That’s the main problem though. The state is also the entity that decides what “the laws” are and thus they decide if you’re a “law” abiding citizen or not.

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    He starts to sound more and more like a dictator each day.

    This is done in countries we don’t like to compare us to.