Terrorists breath air, therefore we should ban air for everyone?
Terrorists do use the air to convey voice; air is their primary communication medium for propagating their terrible ideas, and arranging their despicable plans. If we denied them access to air, to stop their voice communication, it would severely limit their ability to harm us. Isn't saving even just one child's life worth it? And don't worry about the terrorists without air not being able to talk about the legal, daily matters. Relevant institutions are already equipped to handle deaf and mute people. They could also just use internet or other service.
Just deny them air so they can't talk, okay? It's the common sense solution. /s
Slippery slope is a thing, especially when actors with under-handed intentions ask for simplistic, ham-fisted solutions. Once a precedent is established for censorship or snooping, it's pretty hard to draw, and defend, a line in the sand.
No.
> We can only get through collectively.
Yep, but we shouldn't do it by throwing away the freedom we try to defend
Are you saying that you think banning perfectly normal everyday things "because terrorism" is ok,
... or did you miss the invisible sarcasm tag?
The witch hunt against Facebook shows how this will look though the particulars will be different. At the end of the day, Telegram has devs that need to eat and servers to pay for and at the very least all revenue sources will be denied to them.
Here I was, thinking that we here at HN aimed higher.
> The witch hunt against Facebook shows how this will look though the particulars will be different.
Witch hunt usually implies baseless, made up accusations.
When it comes to Facebook I'd phrase it differently; maybe something about consequences or justice?
Why would you think that? Nothing special about HN - it's a collection of humans from a very specific culture.
>Witch hunt usually implies baseless, made up accusations.
Not only. It also implies widely inflated and hyperbolic accusations.
Pretend your target is inherently evil, and can only be used for inherently evil things. (Terrorism! Child abuse! Piracy!) Then you're perfectly set up to vilify anyone who dares to question your position.