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0 pointsmvc1mo ago0 comments

Oh no! Not 4chan.

How ever will we Europeans keep up with the latest theories about which celebrities are actually AI influencers.

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Sounds like censorship is already becoming normalized in the EU and UK. Terrifying.

First off, the UK isn't in the EU, and 2nd, not a single website is blocked for me here in the Netherlands, quite literally none. I can access Discord without an ID, I can watch all the porn I want, I can pirate anything I want from anywhere etc.

How many states require IDs to go to porn sites, again? How many journos is it now that Trump blacklisted from the White House? Yeah, lotta freedoms over there...

graemep1mo ago

> First off, the UK isn't in the EU

I would guess that is why the GP said "EU and UK"

> ot a single website is blocked for me here in the Netherlands, quite literally none

One EU country. At the very least I know you have censored search results as that is an EU wide requirement of the right to be forgotten.

> I can pirate anything I want from anywhere etc.

Multiple EU countries are blocking pirate sites. https://torrentfreak.com/european-isps-complain-about-dispro...

Some countries have very broad definitions of hate speech.

There are definitely American sites that block EU visitors because of the cost/risk of GDPR compliance.

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beeflet1mo ago

If 4chan is unimportant, why is it being censored?

pembrook1mo ago

Amazed to see so many government bootlickers on "hacker" news these days.

Gone are the days of the misfits and pirates and the innovators.

"Tie me up and tell me what I'm allowed to do daddy government, I will agree no matter what, you know what's best."

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