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1. throwaway27448 · 1790505215 · focus · HN ↗

   I don't understand why countries don't simply block facebook, instagram, etc. There's zero upside to allowing them.

   1. literalAardvark · 1790505726 · focus · HN ↗

      I'm just as confused as you are.

      The economic value seems literally negative and the influence on the discourse massive and much too unpredictable.

      The recent Romanian election where a focused botnet created a pro russian candidate from thin air 2 weeks before the election _and got him elected president_ should really be proof enough that the state of things is unnatural.

      1. bamboozled · 1790513876 · focus · HN ↗

         Because western democracies are about freedom of speech and access to information ?

         1. specialist · 1790518143 · focus · HN ↗

            Are you aware of The Paradox of Tolerance?

            1. bamboozled · 1790590730 · focus · HN ↗

               I am, which is the problem, if you start banning social media, you are banning access to information.

               The real way out of it is education. Educating people about algorithms, social engineering, the harms of misinformation etc?

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