Leftists have to keep this in mind whenever we get caught up with liberal hysteria e.g. regarding fake news or speech laws. Corporations and the state have the most incentive to weaponize laws and hysteria against the left and the oppressed - as they always have done.
How "fake news" are becoming a tool for censorship.
leftous wrote (edited )
This is already the case with any progressive or leftist websites who have seen google censor and derank their content because "fake news".
https://www.alternet.org/media/editorial-googles-threat-democracy-hits-alternet-hard
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2017/09/19/goog-s19.html
Leftists have to keep this in mind whenever we get caught up with liberal hysteria e.g. regarding fake news or speech laws. Corporations and the state have the most incentive to weaponize laws and hysteria against the left and the oppressed - as they always have done.