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by mdp2021 1726 days ago
> Deplatforming ... helps stop disinfomration

And also confirms the scepticism of those who have grown diffident of dominant narratives.

Deplatforming can also stop information.

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The issue is an old epistemological issue: it is the "demarcation problem". We have been there. It's not trivial.
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res0nat0r 1726 days ago
In this case though, vaccines save lives and aren't a different narrative, so it's fine to delete disinformation that is getting people killed.
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mdp2021 1726 days ago
No: the words of Halprin were not that "information will be censored that denies that «vaccines save lives»". And if such position existed, I want to hear about it: it may come from a fool, it may come from someone reliable, I cannot know in advance.

And "saving lives" must be put in context: it is a generic objective, not a justification for censorship.

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