I understand people are upset & worried about crazy insurrectionists right now, but I'll keep repeating that you will absolutely regret passing laws that say "social media cannot allow or amplify" such speech. Because such a law WILL be applied to BLM protesters too...
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This is an argument against all laws, though. You may wanna make an argument against this particular idea, but the structure of your argument applies to every single thing we regulate—without exception.
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What I'm saying is twofold: sure, but that it is a worry with a much broader set of laws than speech; and while one may like the US approach more but we are the exception among the democratic world and it's not like they've all turned into authoritarians because of regulations.
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