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watwuttoday at 11:19 AM3 repliesview on HN

No it did not. Online right wing is trying to push narrative that is all.


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roenxitoday at 12:31 PM

The UK's culture on this stuff has been relatively famous since Orwell coined the term thoughtcrime. The major advantage the US has over the UK historically has been the oceans, but an interesting secondary one is the US was built by people who seemed to have a healthy fear of the extended groupthink sessions that the UK tends to fall into. It's always been something of a problem given how insular their upper class is.

The UK was an amazing leader on liberty in the days when absolute monarchies were the assumed default government, but their free speech standards are a long way from exemplary in modern times.

account42today at 11:43 AM

Is your privacy really worth giving up to "own the right"?

Flere-Imsahotoday at 11:39 AM

> No it did not. Online right wing is trying to push narrative that is all.

It's sad that people don't see what's so obviously happening in the uk. Censorship is alive and well in the uk, and there are plans afoot to further the control of the online world.

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