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What Is the “Mffam” Policy? (nearlyfreespeech.net)
19 points by Tomte on Dec 22, 2022 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment



Huge fan of NFS and appreciate how they handle this.

From [their FAQ page:](https://faq.nearlyfreespeech.net/q/TheLongGame)

>Finally, censorship is always bad, for a variety of well understood reasons that we don't need to repeat here. But in the case of some types of content, it has special dangers. When you censor a web site based on the extreme or dangerous views of its creator(s), you haven't stopped those people from thinking that way. You haven't made them go away. You certainly haven't stopped the people who hold those views from doing whatever else they do when they're not posting on the Internet. What you've actually done is given yourself a false sense of accomplishment by closing your eyes, clapping your hands over your ears, and yelling "Lalala! I can't hear you!" at the top of your voice. Pretending a problem doesn't exist is not only not a solution, it makes real solutions harder to reach.

https://faq.nearlyfreespeech.net/q/TheLongGame




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