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Everything filed under censorship censorship Everything filed under government government Everything filed under social media social media Everything filed under Telegram Telegram Everything filed under America America Everything filed under video games video games Everything filed under politics politics Everything filed under management management Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: The cancel-culture argument now mostly shields the powerful from criticism rather than protecting the powerless from being silenced. The cancel-culture argument now mostlyshields the powerful from criticism ratherthan protecting the powerless from beingsilenced. Last stated 3 years ago 20 Nov 2023 KW Ken White — holds since 2023-11-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: Shunning people with controversial views is a self-defeating strategy. — tap to centre the map on it Shunning people with controversialviews is a self-defeating strategy. Last stated 2 weeks ago 7 Oct 2026 NS Noah Smith — holds since 2026-10-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: Free speech only means anything if people you dislike are allowed to say things you dislike; otherwise it is only a matter of time before the censorship turns on you. — tap to centre the map on it Free speech only means anything ifpeople you dislike are allowed tosay things you dislike; otherwise itis only a matter of time before thecensorship turns on you. Last stated 3 years ago 9 Nov 2023 EM Elon Musk — holds since 2023-11-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: Treating criticism as censorship is a widespread confusion, and it is wrong: the critic has speech rights of their own. — tap to centre the map on it Treating criticism as censorship isa widespread confusion, and it iswrong: the critic has speech rightsof their own. Last stated 3 years ago 20 Nov 2023 KW Ken White — holds since 2023-11-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: Canceling someone for their speech is often a losing strategy — tap to centre the map on it Canceling someone for their speechis often a losing strategy Last stated 5 years ago 28 Jan 2022 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-01-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: Denying that games can affect the people who play them is a way of calling games a lesser medium. — tap to centre the map on it Denying that games can affect thepeople who play them is a way ofcalling games a lesser medium. Last stated 11 years ago 30 Jun 2015 RK Raph Koster — holds since 2015-06-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: Honoring someone's decision to remove their words from the internet is generally the right thing to do, even for the sake of archiving them. — tap to centre the map on it Honoring someone's decision toremove their words from the internetis generally the right thing to do,even for the sake of archiving them. Last stated 3 years ago 11 Mar 2024 LF Lynn Fisher — holds since 2024-03-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: People sometimes publicly defend ideas and punish dissenters they privately agree with, in order to protect their own reputation. — tap to centre the map on it People sometimes publicly defendideas and punish dissenters theyprivately agree with, in order toprotect their own reputation. Last stated 2 months ago 6 Sept 2026 RH Rob Henderson — holds since 2026-09-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: Keeping ineffective people is a debt owed to the effective ones, and promoting anyone whose merit is not obvious to everybody else erodes the culture. — tap to centre the map on it Keeping ineffective people is a debtowed to the effective ones, andpromoting anyone whose merit is notobvious to everybody else erodes theculture. Last stated 5 months ago 2 Jun 2026 MP Mark Pincus — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: Almost every one-to-one Telegram chat, and every group chat, is readable on Telegram’s own servers. — tap to centre the map on it Almost every one-to-one Telegramchat, and every group chat, isreadable on Telegram’s own servers. Last stated 2 years ago 25 Aug 2024 MG Matthew Green — holds since 2024-08-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: Private group chats have become the primary venue for the most interesting conversations in tech. — tap to centre the map on it Private group chats have become theprimary venue for the mostinteresting conversations in tech. Last stated 2 years ago 19 May 2024 SK Sriram Krishnan — holds since 2024-05-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: Telegram has never shared a single private message with anyone, governments and intelligence services included. — tap to centre the map on it Telegram has never shared a singleprivate message with anyone,governments and intelligenceservices included. Last stated a year ago 30 Sept 2025 PD Pavel Durov — holds since 2025-09-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: A ban on self-recursive improvement in AI models would create a big incentive for some other parts of the world to invest a lot more in compute. — tap to centre the map on it A ban on self-recursive improvementin AI models would create a bigincentive for some other parts ofthe world to invest a lot more incompute. Last stated a month ago 22 Sept 2026 TC Tyler Cowen — holds since 2026-09-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: A broken criminal justice institution survives precisely because it serves the people who run it. — tap to centre the map on it A broken criminal justiceinstitution survives preciselybecause it serves the people who runit. Last stated 2 months ago 1 Sept 2026 RB Radley Balko — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A candidate's political success is increasingly disconnected from their actual record of accomplishment. — tap to centre the map on it A candidate's political success isincreasingly disconnected from theiractual record of accomplishment. Last stated 2 months ago 31 Aug 2026 DD Daniel W. Drezner — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: A dominant platform is more fragile than it looks, because pushing users far enough makes even the locked-in ones leave. — tap to centre the map on it A dominant platform is more fragilethan it looks, because pushing usersfar enough makes even the locked-inones leave. Last stated 2 years ago 7 Oct 2024 CD Cory Doctorow — holds since 2023-01-21 — tap for who they are MW Molly White — holds since 2024-10-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: A growing fraction of social media is AI slop influencers being replied to by bots — an echo of an echo of an echo. — tap to centre the map on it A growing fraction of social mediais AI slop influencers being repliedto by bots — an echo of an echo ofan echo. Last stated 2 months ago 23 Aug 2026 FC François Chollet — holds since 2026-08-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: A more fragmented but media-savvy population will lead to more small-scale, meme-driven terrorism. — tap to centre the map on it A more fragmented but media-savvypopulation will lead to moresmall-scale, meme-driven terrorism. Last stated a month ago 12 Sept 2026 BH Byrne Hobart — holds since 2026-09-12 — tap for who they are
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At the centre The cancel-culture argument now mostly shields the powerful from criticism rather than protecting the powerless from being silenced. Last stated 20 Nov 2023 · 3 years ago Holds Ken White Read this korrent →