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And who is fit to play the censor? And who shall determine if a group is full of bad conspiracy theories or ok ones? And how shall we address it when the censor is wrong?

It was not long ago that trans and gay people were censored "for the common good".

Let's not repeat those unfortunate lessons.

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Those are excellent questions. But if your freedom of expression collapses itself, it won't survive anyway.

The Nazi party got into power in Germany democratically. They used the privileges given to them to take those privileges from others. Give people the freedom to elect their representatives with no checks and balances, and the results can be ugly.

The polarization and brainwashing happening through social media today makes me think it is completely feasible, if not inevitable, that a group will form that will enact actual censorship to the internet.

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