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melm00se

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5. there is a very thin line
Mon Mar 18, 2024, 09:29 AM
Mar 2024

between disinformation and misinformation.

Granting the power and ability to censor one and allow the other to a government (political entity) is one of the underlying reasons for the 1st Amendment.

The terrifying part is that once people would begin to accept government actions, it would be no big thing to slip in disinformation that benefits the state. After all, they are there to combat disinformation so what they add must be true and what they delete must be false.

You want that power given to a Trump political hack?

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