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This is something that also affects the online domain.

There are people who understandably want an uncensored internet and say, "If you don't like what you are seeing, get off the internet." However, being online is now sometimes a requirement to get goods and services (or at least makes it easier), so there are going to have to be some rules to protect people. Some of that is protection is naturally going to be protection from offense because, while a person doesn't have the right to avoid being offended, they do have the right to make someone stop offending them repeatedly after being asked to stop. Somewhere along the line, offense becomes harrassment, bullying, abuse, etc. I'm specifically thinking of situations where the offense is directed at an individual rather than the individual stumbles upon it (sending someone DM's that insult their culture vs a person coming across an X account which disparages their culture.)

There is also the issue of kids being online. Child safeguarding online is pathetically inadequate and has mostly been left to parents who are not necessarily tech-savvy. Even if they were, the parents can't reasonably be expected to hold the entire internet at bay. I'm curious to see how policies change to protect kids now that we know tech and access to developmentally inappropriate material is so catastrophically bad for kids.

Jan 27
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