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Regarding the rules surrounding fake information, I wonder why the be EU hasn't taken a similar stance against Fox News equivalencies?

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Rules around fake information scare me because they're a limit on speech, and as Russia has recently shown, fake information is anything a dictator doesn't approve of.

Russia has recently shown, fake information is anything a dictator doesn't approve of.

This isn't an issue of "limits on speech", but rather, another reminder that one shouldn't enable folks to become dictators. Not having some reasonable limits on actual misinformation makes us all less free, however, because we cannot put our trust in some organizations.

> Not having some reasonable limits on actual misinformation makes us all less free

This is a step towards "freedom is slavery."

If I had a penny for every time someone referenced George Orwell without understanding his politics or even having read his books, I would have a lot of pennies.

I take it you believe the tolerance paradox also gives off 1984 vibes?

Let people decide what type of new (fake or not) they want to consume, is not up to the government to decide what the content that people watch/read/listen to. If you see something online that you don't like, look the other way.

This sounds pretty good in principle, but I feel like Marine Le Pen and her voters should not be given this power, and that is enough for me to say no one should have it.

Because we wouldn't have any media whatsoever to consume.

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