Comment on Bluesky just verified ICE

• balsoft@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  It is a clear indication that they don’t intend to ban the account, they have verified it on their own server. They are two separate actions, but one implies that the other will not be done.

  And in any case, I’m pointing out that the dichotomy between “verify ICE and let them post propaganda officially” and “let ICE post propaganda with plausible deniability” is false, they can (should) just ban them.

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  • rglullis@communick.news ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    but one implies that the other will not be done.

    This is false.

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    • balsoft@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Do you expect bsky to ban ICE? They already have a job posting to join the Gestapo in their profile, do you think that’s not enough of a reason to ban them?

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      • rglullis@communick.news ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        I don’t know how else to say it: you keep falling into the same non-sequitur.

        No, I don’t expect them to ban anyone from the government. And, no, I don’t think it would be wise to do it: verifying the account does not mean they are supporting it, it just means they are making sure that whatever crap ICE is saying can not go around without accountability.

        If you don’t want to see their shitty posts, now you can simply filter it out. And thanks to verification, you can share your filters to others. That’s how decentralized systems work. Bluesky does not control who I get to see. ICE or any other institution can not buy its way into manufacturing propaganda.

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