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Brazil’s ban on X is a taste of things to come - The global crackdown on free speech is getting more aggressive by the day.
Spiked ^ | 31 Aug, 2024 | Fraser Myers

Posted on 09/01/2024 6:12:55 AM PDT by MtnClimber

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1 posted on 09/01/2024 6:12:55 AM PDT by MtnClimber
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The EU is likely to do this too.


2 posted on 09/01/2024 6:13:08 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page. More photos added.)
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That wouldn’t surprise me one bit.


3 posted on 09/01/2024 6:13:30 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: MtnClimber
As the New York Times reports, X was ordered to ban over 140 accounts, among them some of Brazil’s most prominent right-wing pundits and even elected members of congress.

In a nutshell, the elite want to make X a safe space. Never surrender Elon.

4 posted on 09/01/2024 6:17:21 AM PDT by Kudsman (30yr registered Conservative wants a complete Republican House & Senate. Protect the king.)
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until the government leaders fear pissing off the people more than the people fear the government pissing on them, nothing changes. what the world needs now is love sweet lo...oh HECK no! what the world needs now is a good old fashioned French revolution complete with guiotines for the bureaucracy and elitist class of leaders. after all, if you can’t change their minds they don’t need their heads.


5 posted on 09/01/2024 6:26:01 AM PDT by Qwapisking ("IF the Second goes first the First goes second" L.Star)
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To: Qwapisking

Well said


6 posted on 09/01/2024 6:28:23 AM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: MtnClimber

File sharing piracy is huge in Brazil. It’s possible to create a generic file sharing channel for banned free speech platforms. Free Republic might need something like this some day. VPNs are useful for some things, but VPNs make it easy for governments to connect people to their internet traffic.


7 posted on 09/01/2024 6:35:04 AM PDT by Reeses
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Supply and demand says, the more there is the less it’s valued. We’ve got a lot of speech these days.


8 posted on 09/01/2024 6:41:02 AM PDT by Buttons12 ( )
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To: MtnClimber

Kam and Tim will make an issue about the First Amend. They will want to restrict it.


9 posted on 09/01/2024 6:42:11 AM PDT by chopperk (are)
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Supply and demand says, the more there is the less it’s valued. We’ve got a lot of speech these days.

Care to elaborate further on your...post?

10 posted on 09/01/2024 6:47:46 AM PDT by FreeReign
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Basically..a board of government experts will determine what is and is not allowed.
As well as the punishment.
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11 posted on 09/01/2024 6:58:33 AM PDT by Leep (Re-elect deep state. 2024!)
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Yeah, the new argument is free speech has limitations. So, shut down the platforms.

False argument because you are free to say whatever you want. It is what you say that is examined after you say it. For instance, you have a bulletin board and people post items for sale. Someone posts they are selling heroin. So, do you shut down the bulletin board, or do you find the person selling the heroin? Harris and the Sgt Bilko believe the BB should be shut down. False premise. Stifling people from saying something the first time is against the BOR IMO.


12 posted on 09/01/2024 7:06:23 AM PDT by Mouton (A 150MT hit may not solve our problems now but is a good start. )
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Before they ban me from commenting on the internet...F U!


13 posted on 09/01/2024 7:07:27 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp??)
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Between Musk’s huge intelligence and his sense of humor, I’m betting payback will be something we’ll cheer.


14 posted on 09/01/2024 7:09:27 AM PDT by ryderann
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...

15 posted on 09/01/2024 7:17:53 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: MtnClimber

Not really a taste of things to come, it’s always been like this which is why the US is one of very few, if any, nations that has codified free speech in its Constitution.


16 posted on 09/01/2024 7:18:48 AM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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America needs to GET pissed and STAY pissed . . . . ISLAM is underground . . . . literally In Israel, and here in America disguised as refugees or immigrants . . . . WE HAVE BEEN INVADED ALREADY !. . . . COVID was the cover story to establish the attack gambit.


17 posted on 09/01/2024 7:23:32 AM PDT by knarf
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Ban Free Speech? That is why people donate to NPR.


18 posted on 09/01/2024 7:26:35 AM PDT by Mark was here (When Gabby Giffords was shot, Democrats were laughing on NPR, wishing it was Sarah Palin.)
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“Officials” need to be reminded in an enthusiastic manner who they work for.


19 posted on 09/01/2024 7:38:18 AM PDT by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: Reeses

Is file sharing interactive like social media?

Is it like a mirror site?

Just curious.


20 posted on 09/01/2024 7:40:12 AM PDT by packagingguy
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