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<p>To which story you can add issues like this - Facebook banning all Australian and international news in Australia in reaction to (albeit crazy) new national media laws... <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-02-18/facebook-to-restrict-sharing-or-viewing-news-in-australia/13166208">https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-02-18/facebook-to-restrict-sharing-or-viewing-news-in-australia/13166208</a></p>
<p>These restrictions are in place as of this morning....</p>
<p> Splinternet indeed.....</p>
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<p>Ian Peter</p>
<p id="reply-intro">On 18/02/2021 5:56 am, Peter H. Hellmonds via Governance wrote:</p>
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<div>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>
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<div>What's your opinion about this article?
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<div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><strong>From: </strong></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The New York Times <<a href="mailto:nytdirect@nytimes.com" rel="noreferrer">nytdirect@nytimes.com</a>><br /></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><strong>Subject: </strong></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>On Tech: The internet is splintering</strong><br /></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><strong>Date: </strong></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;">17. February 2021 at 19:15:02 CET<br /></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><strong>To: </strong></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;">peter<br /></span></div>
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