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I'm not a fan of private corporate control of communication in any form, but the complaints of people who get kicked off services for behaviour that would have them physically removed from private premises are always amusing to see. You join the service, you agree to the terms and conditions, you breach said T&Cs, you complain about "mah free speech!"

If you actually care about free speech, and you have the technical ability to help with either creating, documenting or promoting federated, open source, distributed communication systems, then do so.

I'm jaded on this because I've been involved in a couple of projects with the stated end goal of true freedom of speech only to be torpedoed by either selfish greed or legal ramifications.

I believe the solution to this (and the reason we don't have it) is no longer technical, it's societal.




> I believe the solution to this (and the reason we don't have it) is no longer technical, it's societal.

Yes and it involves not letting effective monopolies dictate the rules for unhindered participation in society.




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