Just gunna leave this here.
Found this interesting. The bit about Veles I had no idea about tbh.
âVeles made international news in 2016 when it was revealed that a group of teenagers in the city were controlling over 100 websites producing fake news articles in support of U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump, which were heavily publicized on the social media site Facebook. Although the websites were politically charged, the motive of these websites is thought to be to generate massive amounts of ad revenue, bringing into question problems with Facebooks newsfeed algorithm.â
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that yves klein photo is fake! gutted.
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Yeah, thatâs a bummer. That was a Real ad once too.
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Thatâs true. And I think itâs always been true that the people who bang on about free speech the most always tend to shut up about it very quickly when itâs free speech they disagree with.
One of the rare examples I saw recently of someone standing up for free speech they disagree with was Trevor Philips. He said it offends him when people call him the ânâ word and he feels even worse when they use it about his children, but unless there is an actual threat of violence, he has no right to stop them.
Iâm not sure I could be that committed to free speech if I was in his shoes. But youâve got to respect the man.
I actually think that âfree speechâ always has to come second to âdonât be a dickâ. People have proved they canât be trusted with true free speech so they donât deserve it. Thatâs âpeopleâ as an all-encompassing term rather than specific as well.
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Iâd buy donât be a dick. I think too many people think and say dickish things and I wish they wouldnât. Against that, I donât think anyone has the right or the power to tell anyone else what they can and canât say unless theyâre inciting an actual crime. We donât own other people.
In an ideal world I think society should judge what is expectable not the law. The more we let other people have control of what is allowed, the more theyâll keep taking. Being offended is so subjective.
But at the same time fuck racism, sexism and homophobia, ect and why should be people have to hear that? Itâs so tricky.
Jd vance killed the pope
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Taking a leaf out of Trussâs book
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Imagine heâd died on Friday. Yesterday would have been a bit more interesting.
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In Japan on holiday and read a news article about the encrypted app gangs called âTokuryuâ that are causing problems for the police here. Pretty nuts. They recruit people through online ads on social media, send them instructions through encrypted chat apps, and send them to commit crimes.
The recruits meet outside burglary targets with other people they have never met, do the crime together then all leave separately. They donât know each others names or anything. Could kind of only work in the anonymous megacities that exist over here.
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Black Mirror stuff!
Sounds like the start of the Heath Ledger Batman movie.
And they say nurses have it tough
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More from the guardian. Five go to meanwhile.
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