UK Government Moves Aggressively To Censor & Control The Internet

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(21 May 2017, 10:15)sethorly Wrote: Unfortunately there are evil ideologies out there, notably the Salafist ideology but also other far-right ideologies, that need to be censored in my view. As always, such 'government' would need checks and balances. In the ideal world we wouldn't need such restrictions, but the world isn't yet close enough to that ideal.

True sethorly, but one does not need to use a hammer to crack a nut. If something threatens to do harm or incites others to do harm there are already laws to deal with that. Most other things can and should be up for debate in a free society. It is often more dangerous to suppress discussion as it usually leads to building resentment on the part of those being suppressed, thereby unwittingly contributing to a feeling of victimhood which can be further exploited for political/social gain.