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It's not just autocracy. The US government is quite aggressive in shutting down websites that spread information it doesn't like. They also sometimes go further
by Normati 12y ago
It's not just autocracy. The US government is quite aggressive in shutting down websites that spread information it doesn't like. They also sometimes go further and arrest and imprison the operators. Examples include gambling, piracy and drug trading sites.
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- CamperBob2 12y agoWhile true in a literal sense, it's an insane exercise in false equivalence to compare US censorship practices with the PRCs. You will not see political speech treated as if it were a physical threat here.
- happyscrappy 12y agoSome people need to believe that the West is just as bad as China, reality be damned.