@maggiejk @tinker Remember that not all governments...

@maggiejk @tinker Remember that not all governments are benign. It is a very important social safety valve that technologies exist which no government can control.

Like 22 June at 16:49 | Wall-to-wall | Open on sciencemastodon.com

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cholling

@dragonsidedd @maggiejk @tinker First, governments can control the blockchain. North Korea and Cuba just turn off the Internet.

Second, do we even really want technology "no government can control"? If bad governments can't stop you from doing good things with it, neither can good governments stop you from doing bad things with it. For example, the plans for censorship-proof "web3" never know what to do with revenge porn or CSAM.

22 June at 21:15 | Open on social.sdf.org

Dragon-sided D

@cholling @maggiejk @tinker
I think liberal democracies have reached broad consensus about totalitarian governments.

I prefer the existence of a total free speech platform, to the other option of totalitarianism.

Hell, my Tor snowflake bridge is used by IP addresses in Russia and China. Even those states can’t stop it. That’s the whole point.

22 June at 23:02 | Open on sciencemastodon.com

cholling

@dragonsidedd @maggiejk @tinker So you don't think CSAM should be censored? Thanks for telling me I should block you.

22 June at 23:16 | Open on social.sdf.org

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