[carlossilva33]

"First they came for the crypto-currencies and I said nothing..."

For those with their eyes open, this is just another example of the current authoritarian trend sweeping the globe.

Yes, google is a private company but so are bakers. Unless you subscribe to "All animals are equal but some are more equal than others".

By the way, there is no distinction here between public and private powers. The State needs these big corporations to extend itself and they in turn need the State to regulate competition out of the markets.

[pjc50]

First they came for the crypto-currencies and I said "finally, it's about time, now how about the white supremacists?"

[carlossilva33]

The only direction for a repressive, authoritarian regime is a completely homogenous society. Such a society, in turn, will be filled with its own brand of supremacists.

Case in point: Germany, 1933.

[pjc50]

Banning scams is not "repressive" and the slippery slope is ridiculous.

[carlossilva33]

The slipery slope starts with starving websites of ad income[1], goes through arresting people for trolling[2] and God knows where it ends. Now in US they are trying to make companies like Facebook responsible for the content of the users[3], nevermind the new crazy EU law[4].

[1]https://www.recode.net/2017/1/25/14375750/google-adsense-adv...

[2]https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/116271...

[3]https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180226/07321339304/secti...

[4]http://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/remove-terror-conte...