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1. Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Monday, 16-Sep-2019 06:09:21 UTC Strypey

   #Mediawatch on #RadioNZ interview folks from #InternetNZ about the dangerous precedent created by ISPs censoring the net, after the mosque shootings in #Christchurch:
   https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018713324/mediawatch-for-15-september-2019

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   • Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Monday, 16-Sep-2019 06:11:07 UTC Strypey

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     A core assumption of #democracy is that governments and "experts" can be wrong, that laws and policies sometimes need to be overturned. Discovering when that's the case absolutely depends on the ability of fringe groups to express and campaign on dissenting views, all of which will seem abhorrent and obviously wrong to *someone*. Governments forcing monopolistic #datafarm platforms to censor fringe views is a threat to an emerging global democracy. We must prevent this, not applaud it.

     Adonay Felipe Nogueira repeated this.