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  • thisisnotauser6 hours ago
    This is a great example of how these massive for-profit companies can be actively harmful to the public good. I'm not sure how to combat these issues, which are genuine challenges against freedom everywhere, but perhaps stronger oversight from our elected leaders should be involved, the way Congress is able to put a check on our public institutions.
    • Nasrudith9 minutes ago
      How about treating the root problem (that there are masses enough of people talking about it to trigger more benign mechanisms) instead of just demanding that they sweep it under the rug?
    • bsder5 hours ago
      We already have laws for this. "Auto-generating" steps outside of "user generated content" and Facebook should get charged with conspiracy.
  • forgottenusa7 hours ago
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    • throwaway3141556 hours ago
      This comment, and your downstream replies are very clearly against the guidelines here. In particular, it is flamebait. You're effectively guaranteeing that this whole thread gets flagged and buried.
      • maxbond5 hours ago
        Assuming the parent comment is correct, editing the subject comments (which I haven't read) to be a dot is very respectable. I write a lot of comments that would start flame wars. The extent to which I succeed in not starting them is the extent to which I delete them.
    • schiffern7 hours ago
      These are unregulated Militias.
      • forgottenusa6 hours ago
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        • Scanner7716 hours ago
          They have a right to protest (The First Amendment) just as you have a right to have a gun.
          • 6 hours ago
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