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by antris 1740 days ago
Refusing to platform covid misinformation isn't hiding the truth. It's just refusing to platform dangerous misinformation.
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I meant that becomes the perception of it. Platforms censor misinformation, and then that becomes evidence to those that want to believe in theories of how the truth is censored.

If the ultimate objective is compliance, censorship is at best incompetent and short-sighted.

Sure, anyone can say anything about anything and believe in conspiracies without evidence. Letting misinformation spread further isn't a viable solution to that.