Perhaps it wasn't free speech they cared about, but their own, and once they achieved a place where their ideas were dominant the emphasis shifted accordingly?
Eh, this is one of those garbage HN posts, where it's got a political agenda and 5% of HN wants to turn HN into a culture war, so they post bad-faith stuff every now and then which lives for a moment until it gets auto-moderated.
A good-faith article (and good faith individual) would need to wrestle with the complex reality that misinformation is a real threat and make a genuine proposal for a better system, rather than banging on a drum only when it suits their purposes.
After years of only being interested in the second amendment, conservatives finally discovered the first. Maybe in another 20 years they will discover the third.
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[ 3.7 ms ] story [ 30.5 ms ] threadA good-faith article (and good faith individual) would need to wrestle with the complex reality that misinformation is a real threat and make a genuine proposal for a better system, rather than banging on a drum only when it suits their purposes.
"Ukrainian authorities believe this account is spreading misinformation, can you check it out?"
Not exactly gestapo tactics.