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0 pointsfighterpilot5y ago0 comments

1 billion Indians aren't all supporters of government censorship of criticism.

If the US government enacted some ridiculous law, you would hope that US corporations would try to push back a bit, at least rhetorically, because you recognize that the state isn't its people. Why suddenly the different tone for India?

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input_sh5y ago

Plenty of countries in the world have a lax view on nudity, show it on TV, go to the beach naked, have a regulated sex work industry etc.

Yet, since almost all large platforms and payment processors are American, good luck posting photos of sand dunes because some algorithm at Facebook might confuse it with woman's breasts, and I don't see anyone pushing back.

Point being adapt to local laws and culture instead of pretending that a couple of thousand of unelected dudes in Silicon Valley should have any say in what's allowed in some country none of them stepped foot in.

fighterpilotOP5y ago

> adapt to local laws and culture instead of pretending that a couple of thousand of unelected dudes in Silicon Valley should have any say

I think we might both agree there's a line beyond which even you would abandon this view.

We may just disagree on where that line should exist.

If the Indian state was forcing Twitter to delete the profiles of anyone who is a homosexual, would you agree that Twitter should just adapt to local laws and not at least say something? Probably not, right?

input_sh5y ago

We don't have to play pretend, there are countries like Saudi Arabia where that's already a thing. Turns out Twitter happily complies. https://www.humanrightsfirst.org/blog/twitter-not-safe-saudi...

The only moral high ground I'm willing to accept is them leaving such a market, but that doesn't align with their pockets.

true_religion5y ago

With India’s population size, it’s possible more people support the government than exist people in the entirety of the United States.

Why are they wrong and Americans right?

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input_sh5y ago

Plenty of countries in the world have a lax view on nudity, show it on TV, go to the beach naked, have a regulated sex work industry etc.

fighterpilotOP5y ago

> adapt to local laws and culture instead of pretending that a couple of thousand of unelected dudes in Silicon Valley should have any say

I think we might both agree there's a line beyond which even you would abandon this view.

We may just disagree on where that line should exist.

input_sh5y ago

We don't have to play pretend, there are countries like Saudi Arabia where that's already a thing. Turns out Twitter happily complies. https://www.humanrightsfirst.org/blog/twitter-not-safe-saudi...

The only moral high ground I'm willing to accept is them leaving such a market, but that doesn't align with their pockets.

true_religion5y ago

With India’s population size, it’s possible more people support the government than exist people in the entirety of the United States.

Why are they wrong and Americans right?

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse