by subversionist on 10/8/19, 3:06 PM with 113 comments
by hprotagonist on 10/8/19, 4:22 PM
there aren't too many things that i'm a raving aboslutist about, but the freedom of political speech is one of them.
If my employer attempts to step on my neck for saying things about china that china doesn't like, on my time, and my personal accounts, their next contact from me will be from an ACLU lawyer.
by ourlordcaffeine on 10/8/19, 4:37 PM
https://github.com/caffeine-overload/bandinchina
(Repo named after south park episode)
by mfer on 10/8/19, 5:03 PM
With the way many are using the Internet is blurs or removes the lines between private and public along with removing regional group barriers.
So, I used to be able to run my mouth locally on some topic and have no work or global repercussions. Now, you do that on the Internet, it could be seen be people thousands of miles away, and it could impact ones career.
It's not just technology but how we choose to use it and guide others to do so as well.
by eaandkw on 10/8/19, 4:43 PM
I would boycott these companies but to be honest I don't have any accounts with them in the first place and I am actively closing accounts and reducing my presents on the internet.
by kick on 10/8/19, 4:25 PM
by whateveracct on 10/8/19, 5:01 PM
by gnode on 10/8/19, 5:53 PM
It is the responsibility of government to counteract such pressure and protect business from becoming proxy to foreign interference in domestic political discourse, not to mention protecting such discourse in itself.
by imgabe on 10/8/19, 4:36 PM
Until a company actually does this, this is just clickbait speculation.
by Grimm1 on 10/8/19, 5:03 PM
by Porthos9K on 10/9/19, 5:06 AM
by thesquib on 10/8/19, 6:46 PM
by davidhyde on 10/8/19, 4:34 PM
by cryptonector on 10/8/19, 5:32 PM
by iamasoftwaredev on 10/9/19, 5:42 PM
oh wait, capitalism. Nevermind. Let's pander to them instead.
by inthenewsaklj on 10/8/19, 4:42 PM
Wow, that is crazy.