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In the West meanwhile, most internet firms have permitted the Southern Poverty Law Center, a private, partisan organization to define "hate" online, and to help purge it.

Be careful, you could end up raising the ire of a lawyer at the SPLC, like the British (Muslim) academic who was researching radicalization of youth in his own culture [0]

Oddly enough in most of the US now, allowing private organizations to squelch legit free expression is considered a progressive victory.

[0] https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/06/maajid-...

parent claydavisss 8 years ago

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