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German court overturns previous ruling that ad blocking isn't piracy (torrentfreak.com)

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[-] JasSmith@sh.itjust.works 14 points 20 hours ago

What could possibly go wrong with a government which can imprison people for talking about things it can arbitrarily rule "misinformation"?

[-] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 2 points 11 hours ago

Thought of this too

Something has to be done though

[-] pirateKaiser@sh.itjust.works 8 points 20 hours ago

Very much this. See UK's legislation for terrorism and activism and how it's being used to squash peaceful protests for a current example.

What you should want instead is widespread independent journalism along with a transparent government, national broadcasting and a well educated, critically thinking society. If you try to control information by omission and restriction, you only make it more appealing as it seems like a cover-up. Example: how many times have you heard of the Epstein files in recent months and years? It could've been a grocery shopping list and the effect would've been the same because of how it's been handled.

[-] JasSmith@sh.itjust.works 5 points 19 hours ago

100%. Governments controlling information has always been associated with authoritarianism and oppression. This power and control is always eventually abused and misused. The solution to misinformation is information.