Mike Solana on Twitter: "should we dismantle private messaging platforms because someone, somewhere, may be spreading misinformation, a word for which we still refuse to provide a coherent and consistently-applied definition? "idk it's a little crazy but maybe! Lol"

@micsolana

billionaire media tycoon and mayor of san francisco. vp @foundersfund. ringleader @hereticon. editor-in-chief @ pirate wires

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1. Mike Solana‏ @micsolana Feb 4
  i'm sorry but anyone casually discussing whether or not we might "do something" about free people talking to each other privately on a messaging app is a fucking fascist, fuck off
  
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1. rebranding as shadowy supermonke‏ @lookscommon Feb 4
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  we should stop quoting this garbage, i don't even know why the nyt is even relevant anymore
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1. Topher‏ @thechristopher0 Feb 4
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  They think the State is their friend
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1. Queen of Hearts SF‏ @QueenOfHeartsSF Feb 4
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  I’m sorry but telegram is one of few sources where true information is shared about Putin’s government. He SO wants this app gone. Probably for the same motives NYT wants to shut it down.
  
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1. Kirill Pertsev‏ @kpertsev Feb 4
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  isn’t “misinformation” the same as “free speech”? any information is “mis” from someone’s viewpoint. otherwise it’s not informative information, it’s common knowledge
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1. Roger in SF‏ @rogerdickey Feb 4
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  No we should not dismantle. It’s not hard to define misinformation. Start with false or unproven “facts” asserted by big publishers. Even if we ban misinfo it won’t help as much as proponents think. “Experts believe the vote was rigged”, etc. Loopholes abound.
  
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1. Festive Robot Automaton‏ @jwatte Feb 4
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  If everything in the world was publicly treatable by everyone, things would probably be better. Secrets distort markets. Secrets are used to gaslight people. Secrets let criminals get away with abuse, evasion, swindle. But we have to open up the powerful and the watchmen first!
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1. CaptainSpaceship‏ @electonic Feb 4
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  When we’ll finally have that “reality csar”, there will es no such thing as misinformation. Thank you, NYT.
  
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