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posted by FatPhil on Monday February 06 2017, @09:17PM   Printer-friendly
from the is-there-an-all-fake-news-sites-are-liars-paradox dept.

Over the last few months, we've talked about the weird obsession some people upset by the results of the election have had with the concept of "fake news." We warned that focusing on "fake news" as a problem was not just silly and pointless, but that it would quickly morph into calls for censorship. And, even worse, that censorship power would be in the hands of whoever got to define what "fake news" was.

Source: https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170201/23481336610/bad-idea-worst-idea-having-ftc-regulate-fake-news.shtml


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  • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Wednesday February 08 2017, @01:21AM

    by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Wednesday February 08 2017, @01:21AM (#464391) Journal

    Masturbation is public is illegal. Put that tiny thing away before it gets caught in yer zipper.

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  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday February 08 2017, @03:07AM

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday February 08 2017, @03:07AM (#464415) Journal

    There you go again - obsessing over my equipment. You're just not right, 'zumi.

    • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Wednesday February 08 2017, @05:55AM

      by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Wednesday February 08 2017, @05:55AM (#464455) Journal

      Then stop wasting oxygen and electrons replying to me. You have these moments of occasional lucidity that make me think you can still be saved, but by and large i see you becoming more and more nihilistic and amoral. You won't break the cycle, so maybe you need to suffer more until you have motivation to.

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      • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday February 08 2017, @02:53PM

        by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday February 08 2017, @02:53PM (#464539) Journal

        Don't try to save me - I'm perfectly happy where I am.

        As for oxygen and electrons - they aren't yours, so you have no say over how I use them.

        • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Wednesday February 08 2017, @06:57PM

          by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Wednesday February 08 2017, @06:57PM (#464676) Journal

          You aren't even close to perfectly happy. No one who was happy would act like you do. But you know, that's fine; I'm about out of drive to invest in people like you. The country's in a tailspin and now I have to focus on survival. You can join the real whackaloons we've got here in hell.

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          I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...