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No thanks I dont need the government controlling the information i consume.
Well yeah the megacorpos are already doing that, unregulated by the government
We totally love them for it. /s
The US corporate-survellance state already does. If you're living in New Zealand, according to here, your country's entire social media infrastructure is US owned and controlled.
This is completely different. Even though there are big US websites we're still free to travel to any site on the web. Thats not the case in China.
You might not need that but the US has spent the last several years proving conclusively that some people absolutely fucking do need someone controlling the information they consume
The US government already does that. It controls US based social media. If you don't live in the US you should want your government to control the social media you use because at least that way you can have a say in that control via the (nominally) democratic control you exert over your own government. Either way someone controls it. By not having digital sovereignty your country is just handing the control over your information space to a foreign government which can then use it to shape your opinions and views to their advantage instead of yours.
Okay? So? Still doesn't justify censorship, no matter what country is doing it. A free and neutral net is crucial, no matter where you're from.
If you allow nazis, zionists and other reactionary ideals to roam free, that's not neutrality, that's being complicit. It's siding with the oppressors. The very idea of neutrality is just centrist thinking, that is, a fantasy.
Because of this supposed "neutrality" that you have places like 4chan that are infested with nazi/fascists.
There is no such thing as a "free and neutral net". It would be nice if there were but sadly that's just a fairly tale for children. Someone is always in control.
Yes obviously. If not governments, then Google, Meta, etc. are controlling the narrative. Doesn't mean we should give up and just let them. China is no less evil than the US, or the big corporations that control us all. Don't give up and give in to any of them. Resist until the day you die.
if you're from new zealand you should beg for a policy like this so new zealand could develop its own privately owned social media, instead of relying on American tech oligarchs. it makes absolutely no sense for someone outside of the US, which has its social media market completely dominated by US tech companies, to complain about this.
Exactly. What the fuck is wrong with everyone in this thread?
Doesn't matter if China is doing it, doesn't matter if the US is doing it. Censorship is evil. Full stop.