China tightens access to Tiananmen Square while 32 are detained in Hong Kong (www.npr.org)

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[-] realcaseyrollins@social.freetalklive.com 2 points 2 years ago

@Senokir @Solaris1789 I hope they don't ban you

[-] Senokir@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago

If this community doesn't welcome people who actively fight against misinformation then I am more than happy to be banned.

[-] realcaseyrollins@social.freetalklive.com 3 points 2 years ago

@Senokir In general they are, at the very least, hostile to folks who do so. It's a main reason I use #Lotide (via narwhal.city) rather than #Lemmy (although there are newer #Lemmy instances out there now that I'm considering joining eventually)

[-] Senokir@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

It is my understanding that that has been the case for a long time, yes. But I also hope that with the large influx of new users that we will overshadow any bad actors attempting to spread misinformation.

[-] Mark@nicecrew.digital 0 points 2 years ago

@Senokir @realcaseyrollins Yeah we should nuke Beijing.

[-] Solaris1789@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

If this was reddit i'd be concerned but there isnt any censorship here i know of

[-] realcaseyrollins@social.freetalklive.com 2 points 2 years ago

@Solaris1789 Didn't the #Lemmy software literally use to have a hardcoded blocklist of words it wouldn't let you use?

[-] raresbears@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

By words you mean slurs?

[-] realcaseyrollins@social.freetalklive.com 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

@raresbears Yeah, although there were some other words that were banned as well IIRC

Edit: The problem wasn't just that slurs were banned, but a) it included words that weren't banned and b) it interfered with directly posting news articles. For example, I think someone had called #TedCruz the b word at some point and I couldn't link to an article about it because it included the word in the URL

[-] gary_host_laptop@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

There were words like "sl**" that where normal words in Danish or something like that, which caused issues with multi language stuff, that's why it was removed.

[-] realcaseyrollins@social.freetalklive.com 0 points 2 years ago

@gary_host_laptop In any case, I'm not salty about it, because it's now configurable (which it always should have been IMHO), just using it as an example to point out the bias and pro-censorship leanings of those running the #Lemmy software project, who I believe are also running lemmy.ml unless something changed recently