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[–] msprout@lemmy.world 34 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Countries thinking they can control the influence of the internet is just so fucking frustrating. Hopefully the US doesn't get the same idea.

[–] PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat 33 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] Dindonmasker@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Just the other day i was on a Canadian gov website looking for information and they linked to american research and the links where dead because the US took down the webpages

[–] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There's a lesson for us Canadians in here somewhere, I can't quite put my finger on it...

[–] Schadrach 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Make archives of any important links you intend to reference, because you can't assume the link will be valid tomorrow?

[–] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

That's a good start.

[–] msprout@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Don't worry, I'm sure the Supreme Court will strike it down once it starts getting abused.

[–] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 week ago

~/s~ here....think you dropped this