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		foepys on Aug 2, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Brazil Bolsonaro: Facebook told to block accounts ... > I'm deeply against a government telling a social network that any broad class of people should be banned, especially if they're mainstream enough that their leader is in office. Even if those people are calling for a coup d'etat to change the democracy into a dictatorship and place this leader at the top?

smt88 on Aug 2, 2020 [–]

> Even if those people are calling for a coup d'etat to change the democracy into a dictatorship and place this leader at the top?

If they are calling for violence, I support govt censorship only of the violent speech and only if each case is considered individually.

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