[EventH-]

A few concerns with this story:

1. How big is this 'flat earth movement' really? The video claims it 'caught fire around 2015-16' but gives no specifics. This is unfortunately typical for these sort of 'we need to do something' arguments—no sense of the magnitude of the problem is given.

2. This argument for censorship is often made without a limiting principle, as it is here. "Books are a disturbing platform for conspiracy theories" works just as well.

3. There always have been and will be conspiracy theories, whether 9/11, Moon Landing, JFK, Illuminati or a thousand others. We don't seem to be very concerned with these. Why should we care about flat eartherism, especially as it seems rather benign in comparison?

4. Isn't the obvious response to make a point-by-point refutation to their most convincing claims? The well-argued truth is going to be more convincing than a silly hypothesis.

[komali2]

> The well-argued truth is going to be more convincing than a silly hypothesis.

Flat Earthers are regularly presented with well argued truth and are not convinced, so this point is incorrect.

[buildzr]

That's true of anyone who believes something with the utmost conviction - but we're talking about the general population here, not just those already into flat earth.