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Hi there, looking for an alternative to news.google.com that just simply isn't a Google product. I know it's not open source per say, but just curious.

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[โ€“] [email protected] -1 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 children)

gab is a free speech website, you should refrain from posting it here. otherwise I will be forced to issue an additional downvote

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago

Honest question: do you have good radical resources on "free speech" vs "free hate"? Not so long ago "free speech" was interpreted as freedom to challenge systems of oppression through speech and that used to be a foundational basis of revolutionary antiracist/antisexist/anticapitalist movements to advertise for free speech because if the State gets to decide what you can say, and they're the ones promoting and benefiting from all systems of domination, then we're fucked.

Of course, the "right to free speech" was very rarely interpreted in favor of anti-domination movements and that gave many political trials. I'm in favor of strong moderation myself and apply strict no-reactionary policies on the spaces i moderate, but i find it strange on a political forum like this one to see "free speech" equated with reactionary views. If the State controls what you can think and say, it's not nazis that are gonna have a bad time (see Don't ask, don't tell, Mccarthyism, etc..)