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[-] pingveno@lemmy.ml -4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Sure. In authoritarian states, it's common to outlaw "lies" about the government, where the government essentially gets to define what a lie is. The United States has its history with such laws in the Alien and Sedition Act in the late 18th century. In more modern times, you see things like Russia outlawing "lies" about the Russo-Ukraine War (including calling it a war). And by lies, I mean anything that does not match Russia's "everything is fine" narrative. There's also Poland banning discussion of Nazi collaboration by Poles in 2018.

I definitely separate that from things like deplatforming. Both people and companies should have freedom of association when it comes to political opinions. They should never be forced to support speech that they disagree with.

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