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Mozilla Says ‘Deplatforming’ Trump Not Enough, Wants to Shield Internet from ‘Bad Actors’ as Users Uninstall Firefox in Disgust
News Wars ^ | 1-9-21 | Jamie White

Posted on 01/09/2021 10:21:07 AM PST by dynachrome

Mozilla, developer of the Firefox internet browser, has argued that more must be done to keep Donald Trump and other “bad actors” out of cyberspace, prompting many to vow to never use the group’s services again.

In a blog post titled ‘We need more than deplatforming’, the open-source software community said that Twitter’s decision to permanently ban Trump from its platform didn’t go far enough in weeding out “hate” on the internet. While blaming Trump for the “siege and take-over” of the US Capitol on January 6, the non-profit tech group argued that “white supremacy is about more than any one personality.”

“We need solutions that don’t start after untold damage has been done.Changing these dangerous dynamics requires more than just the temporary silencing or permanent removal of bad actors from social media platforms,” Mozilla wrote.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: alternatebrowsers; antitrump; brendaneich; browsers; censorship; firefox; homofascists; mojira; mozilla; procensorship; stalinist; tds
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To: cdcdawg; freeagle

God = good. sheesh.


161 posted on 09/13/2021 6:14:49 PM PDT by dynachrome ("I will not be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.")
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