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minus-squarecygnus@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoI get that, but Twitter isn’t based in Brazil at all. What happens if, say, China declares that certain posts are “misinformation”? Should those be taken down without complaint?
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minus-squarePowerCrazy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year ago I believe each country should get to have a say in what is permissible, and content deemed unacceptable should be blockable by region. Agreed. But if I’m running a website, I’m not going to block content based on what some other country that I don’t live in wants and why should I?
minus-squareNate Cox@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 month ago[This comment has been deleted by an automated system]
I get that, but Twitter isn’t based in Brazil at all. What happens if, say, China declares that certain posts are “misinformation”? Should those be taken down without complaint?
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Agreed. But if I’m running a website, I’m not going to block content based on what some other country that I don’t live in wants and why should I?
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