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Ah yes we need to “rescue truth” by “policing content”

Yes, we really do. Western ideals of information freedom are all good but they are incompatible with modern cyber warfare methods.

The solution to misinformation from without cannot be the tyrannical coercion toward state-sponsored misinformation from within. Free speech and a free society have always been vulnerable and difficult because bad people can come in and say bad things to stupid people and make bad things happen. This is not a new problem. But throwing out that freedom is not a solution. You will not like the results.

You really need to propose solutions, not just say that the obvious option is not going to work.

Free speech has never been as vulnerable as it is now. This is a new situation that absolutely requires for new solutions.

> You really need to propose solutions

No, you're the one suggesting we abandon "Western ideals of information freedom", so you need to propose what ideals we should have instead, and what practical changes those new ideals will lead to.

no u

> The solution to misinformation from without cannot be the tyrannical coercion toward state-sponsored misinformation from within.

"Citation needed". Who says it can't?

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