The Big [Censored] Theory

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1444 points feross | 1 comments | 29 Aug 22 17:34 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source

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ALittleLight ◴[29 Aug 22 18:22 UTC] No.32641619[source]▶

I can see how this might backfire. You notice a censored jump and start to feel the itch of curiosity as to what it concealed. I had to watch several of the censored scenes whereas I would have never just randomly watched clips of the show.

Also, love the presentation on this page.

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andruby ◴[29 Aug 22 19:32 UTC] No.32642481[source]▶

>>32641619 #

We (the HN crowd, often living in less-censored societies) would be very curious.

I’d like to know how curious this would make non-HN people, and those living in more censored places.

My assumption is that they take it for granted and just continue to watch the show. It might be hard for them to even find the uncensored clips.

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lettergram[dead post] ◴[29 Aug 22 23:50 UTC] No.32645007[source]▶

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Sabinus ◴[30 Aug 22 04:39 UTC] No.32646691{3}[source]▶

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I have a question for someone very interested in freedom of speech and censorship.

We know that geopolitical adversaries weaponize narratives to cause destabilization of the body politic of other nations. We know that the internet and social media have exploded in popularity in the last 20 years, giving 'foreign actors' unprecedented access to citizens.

What should a government of a 'free' nation do to counter that destabilization or those weaponized narratives?

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1. int_19h ◴[30 Aug 22 21:43 UTC] No.32655539{4}[source]▶

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For starters, how about governing the country in a way that doesn't create numerous low-hanging opportunities for propaganda against it. You know: don't invade other countries, don't torture people or hand them over to allies who do it on your behalf, don't ally with countries who do all of the above, don't conduct mass surveillance on your own citizens etc.

To be clear, I'm not saying that the enemy agitprop is all true. However, the most effective kind of agitprop is the one that uses facts as the foundation for the rest of the structure. So how about we start there?

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