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0 pointsmiki1232113mo ago0 comments

I think it's good that the UK is trying this right now. It's bound to set a precedent, and the UK isn't powerful enough for that precedent to be in favor of the idea that you have to follow other countries' laws if you're on the internet. Doubly so with Trump II making freedom of speech and overbearing European regulations a political issue.

If America introduced a law like this, especially the strong, late-aughts, pre-Trump America, I bet most countries would just cave in, just like most caved in when copyright and AML/KYC laws were concerned. Hell, Swicerland basically abolished anonymous bank accounts, something which the country was famous for, just because the US wanted them to. I don't think we'll see a similar resolution here.

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raxxorraxor3mo ago

Leaving the topic of freedom of speech to conservatives was one of the largest intellectual errors of modern progressive forces. Perhaps you believe Trump or his advisers are idiots, but if so, what are you then...

And no, you don't do it because of some holy quest to protect minorities. Minorities never suffered from too much of freedom of speech. The opposite however...

It may dawn some people at some point that if you demand a certain behaviour from others, you might be neither liberal nor progressive.

Trump can easily point the finger at the EU because it lets him do that. I think the EU cannot take responsibility for itself or other if it doesn't correct course.

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