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Comment by twoodfin

1 month ago

Censorship by elected governments is OK?

When it's done to protect democracy and the fairness of elections, especially against foreign interference? You bet!

With adequate checks and balances, following laws approved by a democratically elected legislature, and when it's done to protect democracy and rule of law, then yes. If we can limit the reach of someone yelling "fire" in a crowded theater in order to cause a stampede and harming people, why not preventing the already yelled word from being heard by the crowd and cause the action to fail?