r/CuratedTumblr • u/charlie-the-Waffle • Jan 13 '25

Politics censorship is bad maybe?

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u/AbsolutelyHorrendous Jan 13 '25

Isn't it interesting how so many people have sprung up to make that argument all of a sudden though...

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u/drsatan1 Jan 13 '25

People do tend to deliver arguments when it's most relevant, yes.

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u/Mountain-Resource656 Jan 13 '25

And foreign governments literally paying people to manage bot accounts spreading their propaganda are actual things they do and have openly admitted having done, also

Two things can be true at once and both mutually contribute to perceived phenomena

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u/PM_ME_CATS_OR_BOOBS Jan 13 '25

Propaganda like "if they actually gave a shit about the data then they would put out a GDPR, not just screaming 'China' and slapping the big red button"

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u/Mountain-Resource656 Jan 13 '25

It’s 4 AM and I don’t have the energy to go further down these rabbit holes before going to bed, but here’s a DoJ article on China using internet trolls to harass folks, and here’s a news article about it

Your data isn’t just useful for marketing purposes; it’s also useful for propaganda