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People in this thread do not seem to appreciate the real threat to society that censorship and propaganda pose.

A widely used news rating site will be used to suppress political dissent and alternate views.

Maybe take a look at history and the world. Do you think that Chinese authorities would like a tool installed on everyone's computer that could rate the trustworthiness of a news article or site? Of course they would love it because they could just downgrade any reporting that was critical of the party.

Based on the number of young people who seem to be begging for authorities to control their information, it appears that the China model is coming to the United States.




I'm with you.




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