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by taylodl 655 days ago
Except we didn't.

You can't yell "Fire!" in a crowded public space as a prank nor can you yell "Bomb!" at an airport as a prank. We have determined that's NOT protected speech. Neither is slander nor libel.

You're going to have to work a little harder at convincing me why spreading misinformation that can kill people should be regarded as protected speech.
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readthenotes1 655 days ago
We first have to understand what the misinformation is in order to understand how to censor it.

You're going to say Trust the Scientist, I will point you to the replicability crisis...

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taylodl 655 days ago
We could resort to the president declaring Marshall Law in response to a pandemic. Do you think that would be a better solution to this problem?

Maybe Zuckerberg should be an adult and recognize the power his platform has to misinform, and kill, people. So far, he appears to be content in keeping his head firmly planted up his posterior so long as he's making money. I define that as evil; others may disagree.

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