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by jschwartzi 1988 days ago
Nothing is stopping the Russian government from doing that today, so I don't see why it matters.

I could say the same thing about your ask that YouTube allow a free-for-all on their platform but that's only because I'm witnessing the logical conclusion here in the US. We have to do something different or these events will repeat themselves.

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Maybe the path of least resistance isn't the best answer. This sets a very dangerous precedent.
I think we've pretty conclusively proven that there's no non-dangerous option available. Maybe this isn't the best answer, but speaking as someone who's very consistently opposed these kinds of content policies in the past, I no longer think it's tenable to take a hard line against information control here.