<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi everyone,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">sorry, I’ve been a lurker, a silent reader for a while. But I thought I’d share this New York Times article of today, as it asks the pertinent quesiton about different rules for online free speech versus censorship. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">What’s your opinion about this article? <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Regards</div><div class="">Peter</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">
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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">The New York Times <<a href="mailto:nytdirect@nytimes.com" class="">nytdirect@nytimes.com</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">On Tech: The internet is splintering</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">17. February 2021 at 19:15:02 CET<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">peter<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="mailto:nytdirect@nytimes.com" class="">nytdirect@nytimes.com</a><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class=""><div class=""><table width="100%" align="left" border="0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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max-width: 600px; width: 600px;" class=""><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td align="left" style="border-collapse: collapse;" class=""><p style="display: block; margin: 0px 0px 15px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px; font-family: georgia, serif;" class="">Each country has its own car safety regulations and tax codes. But should every country also decide its own bounds for appropriate online expression?</p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin: 0px auto; max-width: 600px; width: 600px;" class=""><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td align="left" style="border-collapse: collapse;" class=""><p style="display: block; margin: 0px 0px 15px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px; font-family: georgia, serif;" class="">If you have a quick answer, let me ask you to think again. We probably don’t want internet companies deciding on the freedoms of billions of people, but we may not want governments to have unquestioned authority, either.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin: 0px auto; max-width: 600px; width: 600px;" class=""><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td align="left" style="border-collapse: collapse;" class=""><p style="display: block; margin: 0px 0px 15px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px; font-family: georgia, serif;" class="">Some Germans might agree with a law that prohibits online posts that their government<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://nl.nytimes.com/f/newsletter/ladjJ2VHGBHRZWXMBVjfqw~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiD-JOP0T2aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxOC8wNS8xOS90ZWNobm9sb2d5L2ZhY2Vib29rLWRlbGV0aW9uLWNlbnRlci1nZXJtYW55Lmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MTU4JmVtYz1lZGl0X290XzIwMjEwMjE3Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTI3MjEwJm5sPW9uLXRlY2gtd2l0aC1zaGlyYS1vdmlkZSZyZWdpX2lkPTk1MTc4ODMwJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9NTE4MjMmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWQ0YmM3NTk1Y2E0MjJjOTczMzQ1NDMyN2NhYzhlNzQ5VwNueXRCCmAtTl0tYFWJQaJSHHBldGVyQGZhY2Vib29rLmhlbGxtb25kcy5uZXRYBAAAAAA~" class="css-1sybz1k et1n85g0" style="color: rgb(40, 110, 208); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(40, 110, 208); text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;">views as hate speech</a>. But what about the Germans who feel they’re shut down for expressing such views? And what should Facebook or Google do if an increasingly authoritarian government in<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://nl.nytimes.com/f/newsletter/ZuHhScH5wJpEN78fNFPrXw~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiD-JOP0TsaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxOS8wNS8wNi90ZWNobm9sb2d5L2V1cm9wZS10ZWNoLWNlbnNvcnNoaXAuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0xNTgmZW1jPWVkaXRfb3RfMjAyMTAyMTcmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjcyMTAmbmw9b24tdGVjaC13aXRoLXNoaXJhLW92aWRlJnJlZ2lfaWQ9OTUxNzg4MzAmc2VnbWVudF9pZD01MTgyMyZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9ZDRiYzc1OTVjYTQyMmM5NzMzNDU0MzI3Y2FjOGU3NDlXA255dEIKYC1OXS1gVYlBolIccGV0ZXJAZmFjZWJvb2suaGVsbG1vbmRzLm5ldFgEAAAAAA~~" class="css-1sybz1k et1n85g0" style="color: rgb(40, 110, 208); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(40, 110, 208); text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;">Turkey</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>uses similar rules to silence its citizens, or if Poland’s anti-censorship law lets politicians<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://nl.nytimes.com/f/a/JGho77GTJOsUYBtzFwthHQ~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiD-JOP4QuAWh0dHBzOi8vcmljaGFyZC13aW5nZmllbGQubWVkaXVtLmNvbS9wb2xhbmQtZHJhZnQtbGF3LW9uLXRoZS1wcm90ZWN0aW9uLW9mLWZyZWVkb20tb2Ytc3BlZWNoLW9uLW9ubGluZS1zb2NpYWwtbmV0d29ya2luZy1zaXRlcy1jZTg4MTVkM2Y4NWM_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MTU4JmVtYz1lZGl0X290XzIwMjEwMjE3Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTI3MjEwJm5sPW9uLXRlY2gtd2l0aC1zaGlyYS1vdmlkZSZyZWdpX2lkPTk1MTc4ODMwJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9NTE4MjMmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWQ0YmM3NTk1Y2E0MjJjOTczMzQ1NDMyN2NhYzhlNzQ5VwNueXRCCmAtTl0tYFWJQaJSHHBldGVyQGZhY2Vib29rLmhlbGxtb25kcy5uZXRYBAAAAAA~" class="css-1sybz1k et1n85g0" style="color: rgb(40, 110, 208); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(40, 110, 208); text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;">smear their constituents</a>?</p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin: 0px auto; max-width: 600px; width: 600px;" class=""><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td align="left" style="border-collapse: collapse;" class=""><p style="display: block; margin: 0px 0px 15px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px; font-family: georgia, serif;" class="">Regulating online expression in any single country — let alone in the world — is a messy set of trade offs with<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://nl.nytimes.com/f/newsletter/ylsv14ncDaFX6rXsQVjD8g~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiD-JOP0TkaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMS8wMS8yNi9tYWdhemluZS9mcmVlLXNwZWVjaC10ZWNoLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MTU4JmVtYz1lZGl0X290XzIwMjEwMjE3Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTI3MjEwJm5sPW9uLXRlY2gtd2l0aC1zaGlyYS1vdmlkZSZyZWdpX2lkPTk1MTc4ODMwJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9NTE4MjMmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWQ0YmM3NTk1Y2E0MjJjOTczMzQ1NDMyN2NhYzhlNzQ5VwNueXRCCmAtTl0tYFWJQaJSHHBldGVyQGZhY2Vib29rLmhlbGxtb25kcy5uZXRYBAAAAAA~" class="css-1sybz1k et1n85g0" style="color: rgb(40, 110, 208); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(40, 110, 208); text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;">no easy solutions</a>. Let me lay out some of the issues:</p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin: 0px auto; max-width: 600px; width: 600px;" class=""><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td align="left" style="border-collapse: collapse;" class=""><p style="display: block; margin: 0px 0px 15px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px; font-family: georgia, serif;" class=""><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: inherit;" class="">The “splinternet” is here:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>The utopian idea of the internet was that it would help tear down national boundaries, but technology watchers have been warning<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://nl.nytimes.com/f/a/ky02t6HUmlIrnX28gkwzGg~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiD-JOP0TSaHR0cHM6Ly9zY2hvbGFyc2hpcC5sYXcuY29sdW1iaWEuZWR1L2Jvb2tzLzE3NS8_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MTU4JmVtYz1lZGl0X290XzIwMjEwMjE3Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTI3MjEwJm5sPW9uLXRlY2gtd2l0aC1zaGlyYS1vdmlkZSZyZWdpX2lkPTk1MTc4ODMwJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9NTE4MjMmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWQ0YmM3NTk1Y2E0MjJjOTczMzQ1NDMyN2NhYzhlNzQ5VwNueXRCCmAtTl0tYFWJQaJSHHBldGVyQGZhY2Vib29rLmhlbGxtb25kcy5uZXRYBAAAAAA~" class="css-1sybz1k et1n85g0" style="color: rgb(40, 110, 208); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(40, 110, 208); text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;">for decades</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>that it could instead build those barriers even higher. That vision, often called the “splinternet,” is real, said Mishi Choudhary, a lawyer who started an organization in India<a href="https://nl.nytimes.com/f/a/KxNDZToAlQ-F0jGY7Hwmag~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiD-JOP0TYaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc29mdHdhcmVmcmVlZG9tLm9yZy9hYm91dC90ZWFtLz9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0xNTgmZW1jPWVkaXRfb3RfMjAyMTAyMTcmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjcyMTAmbmw9b24tdGVjaC13aXRoLXNoaXJhLW92aWRlJnJlZ2lfaWQ9OTUxNzg4MzAmc2VnbWVudF9pZD01MTgyMyZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9ZDRiYzc1OTVjYTQyMmM5NzMzNDU0MzI3Y2FjOGU3NDkjY2hvdWRoYXJ5VwNueXRCCmAtTl0tYFWJQaJSHHBldGVyQGZhY2Vib29rLmhlbGxtb25kcy5uZXRYBAAAAAA~" class="css-1sybz1k et1n85g0" style="color: rgb(40, 110, 208); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(40, 110, 208); text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>representing the rights of internet users and software developers</a>.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin: 0px auto; max-width: 600px; 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And I’ll say it again, there isn’t a simple answer.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin: 0px auto; max-width: 600px; width: 600px;" class=""><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td align="left" style="border-collapse: collapse;" class=""><p style="display: block; margin: 0px 0px 15px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px; font-family: georgia, serif;" class="">“I don’t think it’s as simple as a government told a company to obey a law and so it should,” said<a href="https://nl.nytimes.com/f/a/y-Vcond-YUAzdf4B-mewag~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiD-JOP0TFaHR0cHM6Ly9sYXcueWFsZS5lZHUvY2hpbm1heWktYXJ1bj9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0xNTgmZW1jPWVkaXRfb3RfMjAyMTAyMTcmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjcyMTAmbmw9b24tdGVjaC13aXRoLXNoaXJhLW92aWRlJnJlZ2lfaWQ9OTUxNzg4MzAmc2VnbWVudF9pZD01MTgyMyZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9ZDRiYzc1OTVjYTQyMmM5NzMzNDU0MzI3Y2FjOGU3NDlXA255dEIKYC1OXS1gVYlBolIccGV0ZXJAZmFjZWJvb2suaGVsbG1vbmRzLm5ldFgEAAAAAA~~" class="css-1sybz1k et1n85g0" style="color: rgb(40, 110, 208); 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This is often a good and desirable thing. Except when it isn’t. And that view is subjective.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin: 0px auto; max-width: 600px; width: 600px;" class=""><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td align="left" style="border-collapse: collapse;" class=""><p style="display: block; margin: 0px 0px 15px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px; font-family: georgia, serif;" class="">If I were a Thai citizen who wanted the monarchy to have less power, I might be happy for Facebook to<a href="https://nl.nytimes.com/f/newsletter/vfE4n373kMLW8jcxyTfQKA~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiD-JOP0TwaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wOC8yNS93b3JsZC9hc2lhL3RoYWlsYW5kLWZhY2Vib29rLW1vbmFyY2h5Lmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MTU4JmVtYz1lZGl0X290XzIwMjEwMjE3Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTI3MjEwJm5sPW9uLXRlY2gtd2l0aC1zaGlyYS1vdmlkZSZyZWdpX2lkPTk1MTc4ODMwJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9NTE4MjMmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWQ0YmM3NTk1Y2E0MjJjOTczMzQ1NDMyN2NhYzhlNzQ5VwNueXRCCmAtTl0tYFWJQaJSHHBldGVyQGZhY2Vib29rLmhlbGxtb25kcy5uZXRYBAAAAAA~" class="css-1sybz1k et1n85g0" style="color: rgb(40, 110, 208); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(40, 110, 208); text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>defy my government.</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>But if I supported the monarchy, I might feel aggrieved that a foreign company wasn’t respecting our laws.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin: 0px auto; max-width: 600px; width: 600px;" class=""><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td align="left" style="border-collapse: collapse;" class=""><p style="display: block; margin: 0px 0px 15px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px; font-family: georgia, serif;" class=""><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: inherit;" class="">Internet powers still have to make judgment calls:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>People<a href="https://nl.nytimes.com/f/a/zOR4_4b4K1sm8pgV93fThw~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiD-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~~" class="css-1sybz1k et1n85g0" style="color: rgb(40, 110, 208); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(40, 110, 208); text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>like Mark Zuckerberg</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>or<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://nl.nytimes.com/f/a/B9lcdRaaRfZCKwVLTdIHcA~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiD-JOP4QVAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmJsb29tYmVyZy5jb20vbmV3cy9hcnRpY2xlcy8yMDIxLTAyLTEwL21pY3Jvc29mdC1jZW8tc2F5cy1iaWctdGVjaC1uZWVkcy1jbGVhcmVyLWxhd3Mtb24tb25saW5lLXNwZWVjaD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0xNTgmZW1jPWVkaXRfb3RfMjAyMTAyMTcmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjcyMTAmbmw9b24tdGVjaC13aXRoLXNoaXJhLW92aWRlJnJlZ2lfaWQ9OTUxNzg4MzAmc2VnbWVudF9pZD01MTgyMyZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9ZDRiYzc1OTVjYTQyMmM5NzMzNDU0MzI3Y2FjOGU3NDlXA255dEIKYC1OXS1gVYlBolIccGV0ZXJAZmFjZWJvb2suaGVsbG1vbmRzLm5ldFgEAAAAAA~~" class="css-1sybz1k et1n85g0" style="color: rgb(40, 110, 208); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(40, 110, 208); text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;">Microsoft’s chief executive</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>say that they want countries to tell them what to do on tricky questions of online expression, and their reasoning makes sense. These decisions are hard! But no matter what rules governments make, any internet gathering space will still have to use its own judgment.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin: 0px auto; max-width: 600px; width: 600px;" class=""><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td align="left" style="border-collapse: collapse;" class=""><p style="display: block; margin: 0px 0px 15px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px; font-family: georgia, serif;" class=""><a href="https://nl.nytimes.com/f/a/a8bP6KpjFF3FG02B2rtEAw~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiD-JOP0TeaHR0cHM6Ly9obHMuaGFydmFyZC5lZHUvZGVwdC9ncmFkdWF0ZS1wcm9ncmFtL2V2ZWx5bi1kb3Vlay8_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MTU4JmVtYz1lZGl0X290XzIwMjEwMjE3Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTI3MjEwJm5sPW9uLXRlY2gtd2l0aC1zaGlyYS1vdmlkZSZyZWdpX2lkPTk1MTc4ODMwJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9NTE4MjMmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWQ0YmM3NTk1Y2E0MjJjOTczMzQ1NDMyN2NhYzhlNzQ5VwNueXRCCmAtTl0tYFWJQaJSHHBldGVyQGZhY2Vib29rLmhlbGxtb25kcy5uZXRYBAAAAAA~" class="css-1sybz1k et1n85g0" style="color: rgb(40, 110, 208); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(40, 110, 208); text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;">Evelyn Douek</a>, a lecturer at Harvard Law School, told me that even when countries like Germany pass laws about online speech, it’s still the responsibility of internet companies to interpret whether millions of posts are on the right side of the law. That goes for the United States, too, where companies are largely left to decide their own bounds of acceptable online expression.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin: 0px auto; max-width: 600px; width: 600px;" class=""><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td align="center" style="border-collapse: collapse; padding: 0px;" class=""><a href="x-msg://12/#a11y-skip-2" style="display: block; width: 1px; height: 1px; max-height: 1px; overflow: hidden; color: transparent;" class="">Continue reading the main story</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin: 0px auto; max-width: 600px; width: 600px;" class=""><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td height="10px" width="100%" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 0px; line-height: 0;" class=""></td></tr><tr class=""><td style="border-collapse: collapse; padding: 20px 0px; 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max-width: 600px; width: 600px;" class=""><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td align="left" style="border-collapse: collapse;" class=""><p style="display: block; margin: 0px 0px 15px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px; font-family: georgia, serif;" class=""><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: inherit;" class="">Is there a middle ground?</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The splinternet fear is often presented as a binary choice between one global Facebook or Google, or 200 versions. But there are ideas floating around to set a global baseline of online expression, and a process for adjudicating disputes.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin: 0px auto; max-width: 600px; width: 600px;" class=""><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td align="left" style="border-collapse: collapse;" class=""><p style="display: block; margin: 0px 0px 15px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px; font-family: georgia, serif;" class="">A coalition called the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://nl.nytimes.com/f/a/pYiQQAaZfBBfDmBRi9YKGQ~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiD-JOP0TWaHR0cHM6Ly9nbG9iYWxuZXR3b3JraW5pdGlhdGl2ZS5vcmcvZ25pLXByaW5jaXBsZXMvP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTE1OCZlbWM9ZWRpdF9vdF8yMDIxMDIxNyZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0yNzIxMCZubD1vbi10ZWNoLXdpdGgtc2hpcmEtb3ZpZGUmcmVnaV9pZD05NTE3ODgzMCZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTUxODIzJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1kNGJjNzU5NWNhNDIyYzk3MzM0NTQzMjdjYWM4ZTc0OVcDbnl0QgpgLU5dLWBViUGiUhxwZXRlckBmYWNlYm9vay5oZWxsbW9uZHMubmV0WAQAAAAA" class="css-1sybz1k et1n85g0" style="color: rgb(40, 110, 208); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(40, 110, 208); text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;">Global Network Initiative</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>has worked for years to set a code of conduct for tech and telecom companies to protect online speech and privacy globally. 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Speech on the internet is a relatively new thing, and we’re still very much figuring it out.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin: 0px auto; max-width: 600px; width: 600px;" class=""><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td align="left" style="border-collapse: collapse;" class=""><p style="display: block; margin: 0px 0px 15px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px; font-family: georgia, serif;" class=""><span style="font-style: italic; font-size: inherit;" class="">If you don’t already get this newsletter in your inbox,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-style: italic; font-size: inherit;" class=""><a href="https://nl.nytimes.com/f/a/A0Hz3pGKKMImx7Z2hiPHoA~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiD-JOP0TQaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vbmV3c2xldHRlcnMvc2lnbnVwL09UP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTE1OCZlbWM9ZWRpdF9vdF8yMDIxMDIxNyZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0yNzIxMCZubD1vbi10ZWNoLXdpdGgtc2hpcmEtb3ZpZGUmcmVnaV9pZD05NTE3ODgzMCZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTUxODIzJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1kNGJjNzU5NWNhNDIyYzk3MzM0NTQzMjdjYWM4ZTc0OVcDbnl0QgpgLU5dLWBViUGiUhxwZXRlckBmYWNlYm9vay5oZWxsbW9uZHMubmV0WAQAAAAA" class="css-1sybz1k et1n85g0" style="color: rgb(40, 110, 208); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(40, 110, 208); text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;">please sign up here</a></span><span style="font-style: italic; font-size: inherit;" class="">.</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin: 0px auto; max-width: 600px; width: 600px;" class=""><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td style="border-collapse: collapse; padding-bottom: 15px;" class=""></td></tr><tr class=""><td style="border-collapse: collapse; padding-bottom: 15px; border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(220, 220, 220);" class=""></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin: 0px auto; max-width: 600px; width: 600px;" class=""><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td align="left" style="border-collapse: collapse;" class=""><h2 style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 25px; line-height: 32.5px; font-family: georgia, serif; margin: 0px 0px 10px;" class="">Before we go …</h2></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin: 0px auto; max-width: 600px; width: 600px;" class=""><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td style="border-collapse: collapse; padding: 0px 0px 5px;" class=""><ul class="css-vhya8o e1darl2c0" style="margin-top: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 10px; line-height: normal; font-family: georgia, serif; text-align: left; padding-left: 50px;"><li class="e1y8brq21 css-11scvta" style="line-height: 27.5px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px; vertical-align: middle;" class=""><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: inherit;" class="">He may not be funny funny, but he’s definitely consultant funny:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>There are a zillion advisory firms that help businesses buy technology, and almost none of them could remotely be described as hilarious. My colleague Dai Wakabayashi found the exception: An<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://nl.nytimes.com/f/newsletter/GssqdxrdEmCLo2cYABcBnA~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiD-JOP0TsaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMS8wMi8xNy90ZWNobm9sb2d5L2NvcmV5LXF1aW5uLWFtYXpvbi1hd3MuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0xNTgmZW1jPWVkaXRfb3RfMjAyMTAyMTcmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjcyMTAmbmw9b24tdGVjaC13aXRoLXNoaXJhLW92aWRlJnJlZ2lfaWQ9OTUxNzg4MzAmc2VnbWVudF9pZD01MTgyMyZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9ZDRiYzc1OTVjYTQyMmM5NzMzNDU0MzI3Y2FjOGU3NDlXA255dEIKYC1OXS1gVYlBolIccGV0ZXJAZmFjZWJvb2suaGVsbG1vbmRzLm5ldFgEAAAAAA~~" class="css-1sybz1k et1n85g0" style="color: rgb(40, 110, 208); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(40, 110, 208); text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;">Amazon cloud computing billing expert who pokes fun at the company</a>and is popular enough to pose for selfies at a tech conference. (It is a very nerdy conference.)</span></li><li class="e1y8brq21 css-11scvta" style="line-height: 27.5px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px; vertical-align: middle;" class=""><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: inherit;" class="">Not a great look for Amazon in India:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Reuters reported on internal Amazon documents that describe ways the company<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://nl.nytimes.com/f/a/UTH38wW-GRsFlKIaoqvHIg~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiD-JOP0T5aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cucmV1dGVycy5jb20vYXJ0aWNsZS91cy1hbWF6b24taW5kaWEtb3BlcmF0aW9uLXNwZWNpYWwtcmVwb3J0LWlkVVNLQk4yQUgxSFM_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MTU4JmVtYz1lZGl0X290XzIwMjEwMjE3Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTI3MjEwJm5sPW9uLXRlY2gtd2l0aC1zaGlyYS1vdmlkZSZyZWdpX2lkPTk1MTc4ODMwJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9NTE4MjMmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWQ0YmM3NTk1Y2E0MjJjOTczMzQ1NDMyN2NhYzhlNzQ5VwNueXRCCmAtTl0tYFWJQaJSHHBldGVyQGZhY2Vib29rLmhlbGxtb25kcy5uZXRYBAAAAAA~" class="css-1sybz1k et1n85g0" style="color: rgb(40, 110, 208); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(40, 110, 208); text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;">circumvented India’s online shopping regulations</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>that are intended to protect smaller merchants.</span></li><li class="e1y8brq21 css-11scvta" style="line-height: 27.5px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px; vertical-align: middle;" class=""><span style="font-weight: 700; font-size: inherit;" class="">Avoiding the sea of knockoff masks:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>My colleague Brian X. Chen explains<a href="https://nl.nytimes.com/f/newsletter/PDWudGY_Sxg7dgfJheaT_A~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiD-JOP0T0aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMS8wMi8xNy90ZWNobm9sb2d5L3BlcnNvbmFsdGVjaC9idXktcmVhbC1uOTUtbWFzay5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTE1OCZlbWM9ZWRpdF9vdF8yMDIxMDIxNyZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0yNzIxMCZubD1vbi10ZWNoLXdpdGgtc2hpcmEtb3ZpZGUmcmVnaV9pZD05NTE3ODgzMCZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTUxODIzJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1kNGJjNzU5NWNhNDIyYzk3MzM0NTQzMjdjYWM4ZTc0OVcDbnl0QgpgLU5dLWBViUGiUhxwZXRlckBmYWNlYm9vay5oZWxsbW9uZHMubmV0WAQAAAAA" class="css-1sybz1k et1n85g0" style="color: rgb(40, 110, 208); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(40, 110, 208); text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>how to buy medical-grade masks online</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>without falling for scams.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://nl.nytimes.com/f/a/Hr7dW3-bOVyxOPPzxoDbyg~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiD-JOP0TQaHR0cHM6Ly96ZXluZXAuc3Vic3RhY2suY29tL3AvZnJvemVuLWluLXBsYWNlP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTE1OCZlbWM9ZWRpdF9vdF8yMDIxMDIxNyZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0yNzIxMCZubD1vbi10ZWNoLXdpdGgtc2hpcmEtb3ZpZGUmcmVnaV9pZD05NTE3ODgzMCZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTUxODIzJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1kNGJjNzU5NWNhNDIyYzk3MzM0NTQzMjdjYWM4ZTc0OVcDbnl0QgpgLU5dLWBViUGiUhxwZXRlckBmYWNlYm9vay5oZWxsbW9uZHMubmV0WAQAAAAA" class="css-1sybz1k et1n85g0" style="color: rgb(40, 110, 208); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(40, 110, 208); text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;">See also</a>: The writer Zeynep Tufekci asks, “Why can’t the proper masks just be made, sold and distributed en masse?”</span></li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin: 0px auto; max-width: 600px; width: 600px;" class=""><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td align="left" style="border-collapse: collapse;" class=""><h3 style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 20px; line-height: 27.5px; font-family: georgia, serif;" class="">Hugs to this</h3></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin: 0px auto; max-width: 600px; width: 600px;" class=""><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td align="left" style="border-collapse: collapse;" class=""><p style="display: block; margin: 0px 0px 15px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px; font-family: georgia, serif;" class="">Please enjoy this tale of a century-old merry-go-round and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://nl.nytimes.com/f/a/lH3VAewRH0zLqzxTFlowfw~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRiD-JOP0TdaHR0cHM6Ly90d2l0dGVyLmNvbS9sb2lzYmVja2V0dC9zdGF0dXMvMTM2MTA4MzEyMDk2ODEwNTk4NT9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0xNTgmZW1jPWVkaXRfb3RfMjAyMTAyMTcmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjcyMTAmbmw9b24tdGVjaC13aXRoLXNoaXJhLW92aWRlJnJlZ2lfaWQ9OTUxNzg4MzAmc2VnbWVudF9pZD01MTgyMyZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9ZDRiYzc1OTVjYTQyMmM5NzMzNDU0MzI3Y2FjOGU3NDlXA255dEIKYC1OXS1gVYlBolIccGV0ZXJAZmFjZWJvb2suaGVsbG1vbmRzLm5ldFgEAAAAAA~~" class="css-1sybz1k et1n85g0" style="color: rgb(40, 110, 208); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(40, 110, 208); text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;">the magical moment when it briefly spun to life again</a>.</p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin: 0px auto; max-width: 600px; width: 600px;" class=""><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td style="border-collapse: collapse; padding-bottom: 15px;" class=""></td></tr><tr class=""><td style="border-collapse: collapse; padding-bottom: 15px; border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(220, 220, 220);" class=""></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="margin: 0px auto; max-width: 600px; width: 600px;" class=""><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse;" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td align="left" style="border-collapse: collapse;" class=""><p style="display: block; margin: 0px 0px 15px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px; font-family: georgia, serif;" class=""><span style="font-style: italic; font-size: inherit;" class="">We want to hear from you. 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