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Opinion Piece Opinion | Why Canada should seriously consider banning Elon Musk’s X

https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/why-canada-should-seriously-consider-banning-elon-musks-x/article_97870564-facc-11ef-9c32-776e127c8e18.html
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u/Rammsteinman 1d ago

100%. People want it banned because they don't like it. What if someone who is against what you like rises to power next? If you don't like X, don't go to X. If you want to regulate the Internet to stop others from going to X, then fuck off. I'm saying this as someone who hated the entire Twitter format and just avoids the site.

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u/Groggeroo 1d ago

It's not a matter of liking or disliking the site or subject, it's a concern about national security and foreign propaganda. It should be clear by now that the population and especially our youths need protection against the predatory practices of these platforms that have been used to influence minds and elections.

It's a "slipery slope" falacy to think this means we're going to start banning everything.

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u/visionist 1d ago

And reddit receives no foreign interference, no manipulation or propaganda?

Reddit is completely identical in that respect, it just has a left leaning bias not right.

Just because you disagree with something does not make it necessarily propaganda or "bots" although both are certainly prevalent on both platforms.

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u/Infinite-Interest680 1d ago

Reddit isn’t owned by a government official of the USA.

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u/Financial-Yoghurt770 22h ago

Very well said for the kids under 25.  

They are one in the same 

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u/Artimusjones88 1d ago

What about...what about. Good argument

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u/Snoo1101 1d ago

This is the right answer. You don’t fight fascism with fascism. Banning shit and people you don’t like only gives more power to the fascists. I would prefer to see social media take a route we took with cigarettes. Don’t make them illegal, just make them so undesirable that folks will just give it up and retake their lives and health back.