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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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    balsoft@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    
    No, I don’t expect them to ban anyone from the government.
    
    So, you would be OK with a newspaper accepting ads and publishing an opinion column from Gestapo or SS? They were official government organizations after all.
    
    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.
    
    You are once again presenting a false dichotomy. Banning ICE would not let them post Nazi propaganda on their platform at all.
    
    That’s how decentralized systems work. Bluesky does not control who I get to see.
    
    Bluesky is centralized, they operate the only full-network indexer of their network, they get to control what accounts can post to all frontends
    
    They are hosting the ICE account on their own server and domain. They definitely can control that, even if there were other indexers available
    
    So not only would be OK with a newspaper publishing an opinion column from SS, you would even buy that newspaper because you can just skip that page and read the other interesting stuff.
    
    ICE or any other institution can not buy its way into manufacturing propaganda.
    
    They literally can. Except in this case they didn’t even have to pay, the corporate overlords of bluesky will let them post propaganda for free.
    
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