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magpi3 on Aug 5, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Terminating Service for 8Chan

I never said we should be more like China. I just said that internet censorship can prevent extremist groups from organizing (which it can).

ThrowawayR2 on Aug 5, 2019 [–]

> I just said that internet censorship can prevent extremist groups from organizing (which it can).

That's exactly what China does, for their definition of extremist.

But, of course, that could never happen in the US, right? I mean, it's about as likely as a bombastic demagogue being elected to the presidency. /s

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