[pyronik19]

As someone who leans right wing.... I have 0 trust in these types of institutions. They overwhelmingly have views that are aligned directly with the far left and they seem to exercise their authority when given it to further their own political objectives. Take the SPLC which is used by some tech platforms to decide who to censor. They wield their power to label people as white supremacist to get them banned not because they are in any reasonable persons view based on evidence have said or done things that are clearly racist.... but its just the labeling of an enemy to fit narrative. We don't need censorship with extra steps... we need free speech.

[HideousKojima]

See also the SPLC labeling people like Maajid Nawaz and Ayaan Hirsi Ali "anti-Muslim extremists."

[barbacoa]

Years back a Colorado bakery refused to bake a cake for a gay wedding, the resulting lawsuit ended up going all the way up to the supreme court. The law firm that represented the baker is now officially labeled as a anti gay hate group by the splc.

[antonzabirko]

What's the alternative? Anything private and you risk for-profit suppression just like we have now. Removing moderation is not an option imo.

[reedjosh]

> Anything private

You don't have to support.

The government will take your support at gunpoint. This is the crux of the issue.

[antonzabirko]

What does it matter what you support though? Case in point: twitter, fb, reddit, so on

[reedjosh]

I don't have to be there, and my dollars don't go to these corps. I don't understand your point.

I'm not on either of those platforms, so they're not shipping me ads. I do what I can to be private, so that their data mining doesn't get me.

I have that choice. Unfortunately if I don't agree with what my government is doing, they'll still take my tax dollars and fight forever wars with them.

[antonzabirko]

Basically it doesn't matter if you support them because most speech happens on those platforms and you are suppressed from there. Sure you can go elsewhere, but that doesn't work when you need to reach out to others.