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 Said another way: “The citizens using their freedom of speech on social media sites are more powerful than our propaganda and we can’t have that.”

These despots are really going to hate Nostr when they finally figure it out. 

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 Lol. "He's talking to millions of people without oversight or regulation. This has to stop"

So. Now it is illegal to speak freely. 
 SPEAKING TRUTH, MARTY. 
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 “You can’t just speak to millions of people without oversight”   …. WHAT!?!?!? 
 Who oversees government officials when they deliver national addresses? 
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 Ignore her. She just tries to sound smart. She's just a sacrificial goat 🐐 
 Shout out to freedom tech builders 
 Another black president and America goes to zero 
 Was she talking about the algorithms or just social media in general?  
 She said "he has lost his privileges".  
 The to and fro of decentralised vs centralised playing out right in front of our eyes 

It’s going to be quite some time before large governments pay any attention to nostr in my view 

Growth is impressive, but it’s still so small versus other honeypots to go after 

Interestingly, once they do start looking, my bet is that Nostr will be far too strong to stop 

Indeed its design ensures that is already very likely the case, much like an early version of our friend BTC

As a media business founder, what is most exciting about Nostr to you? 
 Amen brother!  
 That’s not what she meant! She was referring to 
Defamation or fake news . There is no right of free speech you can use if you are saying something untrue about someone else. 
 The problem is that she wants a small group of people to decide what constitutes fake news. Even if she were sincere (and we have every reason to think that she is not), that kind of power creates serious moral hazard with terrible consequences for the society.

Defamation, incitement to violence, and threats are already against the law in the U.S.  
 They just give it a fancy name like “disinformation” and the sheep follow. Many of my friends are included. I’ve been able to wake a few. 
 To say this now…in this climate 😂 

She’s as low IQ as they say she is! 
 I almost feel sad for people who hold these views. They have no idea how the Internet works. 
 How can we decentralize the access points on the front end (primal, damus, etc.) I can see the App Store banning these eventually 
 Use a browser.  
 And a self-hosted front end, if necessary.   
 control control control 🙈🙉🙊 
 Has she already received her sixth vaccination? 
 I think they are pushing 10th booster? I demand proof of max jabs for all politicians who promoted mandates and lockdowns. Lot numbers, proof of cold storage (dry ice, liq N, etc, not ‘Coldcard’ LOL), independent witnesses. Since none have done this, they can start over from scratch. Who’s with me? 
 Plot twist: they won’t figure it out

Just like they didn’t figure out #Bitcoin 
 A world with free speech is not going to work for tyranny. Free speech is to powerful. 
 Incumbent idiots always 10 steps behind , thankfully they never predicted the power of the internet to puncture their narratives or it would have been buried 
 Can she just stfu.