Faust

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[–] Faust@feddit.org 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Yes, of course. The guy advocating against censorship and pro freedom of business must be a right winger. You do know, what the real right wingers will do, when they get these instruments into their hands? If not, you will probably find out soon in Brazil.

[–] Faust@feddit.org 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What? Brazil is driving censorship but we should not care nor discuss, because whataboutism in America? Last time I checked this was lemmy.world, not lemmy.US_centric_worldview

[–] Faust@feddit.org 0 points 2 months ago (8 children)
  1. It is a court order for censorship. You may not like what is said on that platform, but it is still straight up suppression of anything the government defines as dangerous. If you do not consider that a problematic move just because you agree with that government for now, you are in for a nasty surprise.
  2. If Brazil wants to shut down the service because of that: That is their right. Welcome to the same club as North Korea, China, and Iran. But what is that move with Starlink? When and where has it become acceptable to seize assets of a company because you have beef with one of its shareholders? What does this signal to other international activities in Brazil?
[–] Faust@feddit.org 0 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Because some 300 million people somewhere have problems with their courts, the rest of the world does not matter?

[–] Faust@feddit.org 0 points 2 months ago (40 children)

How about the last scrap of pretense at democratic rule of law? Just because someone you do not like is on the receiving end, you should not applaud the authoritarian government.