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alickz | on: TikTok goes dark in the US
Americans are humans and all humans are susceptible to advertising/propaganda
bdangubic | parent | next
so we ban all advertising/“propaganda”? who gets to decide what is or isn’t propaganda if we gonna ban it?
alickz | root | parent
> who gets to decide what is or isn’t propaganda if we gonna ban it?

in a representative republic that would ideally be the elected representatives

groggo | parent
this is the cost of free speech. it has to be, or free speech is meaningless. yes speech influences people.