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I don't think we should tell HN or Facebook they must host content they know to be false and contributory to the decline of the nation.

You have to draw the line somewhere on when speech is defended, and when owners of sites or infrastructure should be legally and morally required to host content they don't support.

My line is at the ISP/DNS level. Let people build their own sites to publish whatever they want, and regulate ISPs and registrars as quasi-public utilities with certain societal obligations.

I don't think that obligation should extend to individual websites.



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