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by gurkendoktor 3035 days ago
Echo Show is not an anonymous broadcast platform. Using it to talk to friends is the modern version of doing it face to face; why do we suddenly need to have corporations or the government in the middle?

It is true that societies are experimenting with policing what people say online; Germany's attempts to combat hate speech and fake news come to mind. But that is (hopefully) different from punishing political dissent.

Do you honestly believe that it is better for society if people can't openly say "I disagree with removing presidential term limits"?