• vane@lemmy.world
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    28 days ago

    Why there are always petitions to ban something, not to create something, like eu based social network everyone can join and use for free ?

    • Eunie@feddit.org
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      28 days ago

      Found the market liberal.

      You ban stuff not because it is bad and you want something better. You ban stuff that is so bad that is actually harmful.

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        28 days ago

        As with hate speech, the harm needs to be quantifiable. “I don’t like that people are sharing ideas and opinions that I personally disagree with” doesn’t cut it.

        The price of freedom of speech is needing to hear things that make you uncomfortable every now and again. Deciding what people can and can’t write on the internet is a slippery slope.

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      28 days ago

      The German government already has their own mastodon instance on social.bund.de

      Much better alternative to a EU funded social network, as this would automatically drive critics to the assumption, that politicians are controlling the narrative and deleting critical content. Also supports the development of open source and self hosted alternatives this way.