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by pjc50 3024 days ago
Banning scams is not "repressive" and the slippery slope is ridiculous.
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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...