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If you as a company, like Mozilla, pushes for deplatforming and similar anti-freespeech measures, demand for VPN services will definitely increase. So congrats on your new VPN service, Mozilla, and hats off to the 4D chess players at the marketing division.

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I'm not sure how to ask this, but do you really believe this "4D chess" theory?

What deplatforming and anti free speech measures is this talking about?

The way I always hear it, the title of a Mozilla blog post was “We need more than deplatforming”¹, which was/is interpreted by some to be an endorsement of deplatforming.

1) https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2021/01/08/we-need-more-than-d...

> which was/is interpreted by some to be an endorsement of deplatforming.

How else could one interpret it? I'm genuinely curious, as I thought they were pretty clear about it (emphasis mine):

> We need solutions that don't start after untold damage has been done.

> Changing these dangerous dynamics requires more than just the temporary silencing or permanent removal of bad actors from social media platforms.

> Additional precise and specific actions must also be taken:

Imagine that you wanted to advocate against deplatforming, specifically by suggesting better ways to accomplish common laudable goals. However, you can’t argue directly against deplatforming, as this instantly labels you a Trump supporter (and might get you deplatformed). So what could you do?

I am not claiming any secret knowledge about what Mozilla was or is thinking, but what they wrote can certainly also be interpreted in this light, too.

I was curious about the above question, so I did a basic google search out of curiosity. Not sure if this is disturbing, ironic or funny, but here is a blog post from Mozilla: "We need more than deplatforming by Mitchell Baker"

https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2021/01/08/we-need-more-than-d...

Edit. Added title of the link.

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