jonny5
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- Libertarian
For example, all the posts about "burn it down" regarding the Breonna Taylor indictments. Or the misinformation regarding police shootings that indirectly lead to mostly peaceful burning, looting, and assaulting of cops.
Some examples:
This is not about whether they have a right to do it. They absolutely do.
But Im torn. Clearly directly inciting violence is a problem, and probably should be censored. However, Im not sure I go as far as censoring fake news and lies, so long as they dont directly call for violence.
Some examples:
Twitter backlash after Breonna Taylor tweets deleted, calls to 'burn' Louisville go unchecked
Twitter is facing backlash after users complained that posts about Breonna Taylor were removed while posts calling to "burn down" Louisville were not.
www.foxbusiness.com
This is not about whether they have a right to do it. They absolutely do.
But Im torn. Clearly directly inciting violence is a problem, and probably should be censored. However, Im not sure I go as far as censoring fake news and lies, so long as they dont directly call for violence.