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[–]IkeConn 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

You can censor the Internet but you can't censor a printing press.

[–]mahavishnunj 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

"But now people all over America are talking about her"

never heard of this person.

"Facebook lured all of us in"

ive been online since 1994. never was on facebook. whatever points are being made in that idiotic article are negated immediately with the attack on 'the democrats'. i would say the same thing if it was attacking 'the republicans'. when you open with some dumb shit like that, its not worth reading any further.

[–]Budget-song-budget[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

When like you I've grave doubts, I skim the article, to uncover the true agenda.

If censorship is desired by the usual suspects, you can bet, its not good for you. Elsewhere there's no questioning her true agenda!

"Don’t fall for that trap.

Yes, I know that it is tempting to cheer for anyone that makes Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg look bad. Facebook lured all of us in by offering a free and open forum where we were free to discuss anything, and then once they became one of the biggest tech companies in the world they started censoring viewpoints that they did not like. At this point, the censorship is so extreme that Facebook is almost entirely useless for honest public discourse at this point.'

[–]mahavishnunj 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Want to rethink that thread title and try again?

[–]Budget-song-budget[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Damm WiFi keeps playing up. I get the point you were trying to make.

The main point of the article, more censorship, as well you know how can it be not good for us! Does make one wonder, did they not witness what happened to the USSR, they controlled the "news" From the article - "Ultimately, what they want is for Congress to set up regulatory agencies that they would control that would force Facebook and other social media companies to censor independent thinkers like us. At one point during her testimony, Haugen actually admitted this…