Hacker News new | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit login

This only makes any sense if you believe that censorship will _only_ be used for misinformation, as opposed to information people do not like. Otherwise, you could end up raising the density of misinformation as "true" information is filtered out.

If YouTube existed a hundred years ago, and censorship of "misinformation" was an accepted practice, would there be any doubt that videos on women's suffrage, black rights, the perils of McCarthyism, that any of those would have stayed up?




I'm not questioning or debating that here. I'm merely asking what the solution is, then?




Join us for AI Startup School this June 16-17 in San Francisco!

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: