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Comment on Europe gives Elon Musk 24 hours to respond about Israel-Hamas war misinformation and violence on X

There is a ton of censorship here, rightfully so. Lies must be stopped from spreading, they cause way too much damage. Most humans do not think critical enough to effectively filter out lies. This might be a inherent trait of humans. But even if we are critical enough, it is easy to drown out real information with a ton of misinformation.

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nostradiel@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
The whole premise of stopping lies is flawed cause you never can stop them. The society would have to impose complete censorship of data which is firstly against all human rights and secondary everyone would have to state the unilateral truth which is utopian in it’s nature. As long as there are different opinions and facts there are many shades of truth…

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- seitanic@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  There aren’t different facts, though. Thinking like this is part of the problem.
  
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  - nostradiel@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I disagree. Thinking like you is the problem. There is not and never can be one simple truth. If you see only one truth you are neglecting opinions, thoughts and facts of thousands more people.
    
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    seitanic@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Which facts are different for different people? Do you have an example?
    
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MotoAsh@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Censorship not from the government, though. So if someone’s being a pedant, they might insist it’s not “censorship” to tailor content for a platform or service.

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- seitanic@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  It’s still censorship, but sometimes censorship is necessary and warranted.
  
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  - angstylittlecatboy@reddthat.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I agree, but the problem when it’s from government is that government can define “atrocities we’re doing” as “misinformation.”
    
    EU residents along with Canadians are the LAST people who should count on government continuing to be reasonable.
    
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  - MotoAsh@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I agree, I’m just pointing out some obstinantly adhere to saying censorship has to come from a government to be “censorship”, otherwise it’s just getting kicked off a platform for what ever reason.
    
    It’s relevant in some contexts since you can be silenced and the first amendment doesn’t give a sh*t (as if it doesn’t have its own exceptions anyways).
    
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