> The Internet is a tool that governments and political actors use for control.
You want to avoid atrocities and genocide. Great! So do I. Isn't it a great thing that we're both on the same page with that? We don't disagree on ends, but we do disagree on means.
The Internet is a tool used for control. We both agree with that. Now think about what you want. You want to protect people from an authoritarian regime, yet you also want to have systems in place for speech to be controlled. These ideas are in conflict. If speech is controllable, it's a tool that will be used by people who actually want genocide.
An atrocity isn't going to come because some edgy teens call each other a bundle of sticks while discussing political ideas online or use some distasteful language while trying to blast each other in some game.
But an atrocity can come if there's systems in place to restrict allowed speech. Do you think the Uyghurs are allowed to freely use the Internet and fully communicate their experiences with the outside world? Or are the systems that China has in place to regulate China's Internet used to control what information gets out and further their abuse?
You want to avoid atrocities and genocide. Great! So do I. Isn't it a great thing that we're both on the same page with that? We don't disagree on ends, but we do disagree on means.
The Internet is a tool used for control. We both agree with that. Now think about what you want. You want to protect people from an authoritarian regime, yet you also want to have systems in place for speech to be controlled. These ideas are in conflict. If speech is controllable, it's a tool that will be used by people who actually want genocide.
An atrocity isn't going to come because some edgy teens call each other a bundle of sticks while discussing political ideas online or use some distasteful language while trying to blast each other in some game.
But an atrocity can come if there's systems in place to restrict allowed speech. Do you think the Uyghurs are allowed to freely use the Internet and fully communicate their experiences with the outside world? Or are the systems that China has in place to regulate China's Internet used to control what information gets out and further their abuse?