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I think you have a very rose-tinted view of how these restrictions would be applied, and by whom. The power to decide what counts as "disinformation" would be the most valuable political real estate there is.


Exactly. If you want to see how this works in the real world, you're in luck, it is playing out right now in the Philippines and Hungary.

If you find yourself saying, "yes, but it could work if only...", I'd suggest you are failing to understand human nature.


Guy didn't say he supported restrictions, only that his normal reaction to defend it has dropped due to significant abuses of it.




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