Mike Masnick has a well known bias, and generally I think it fairly well matches a true & consistent view. If nothing else it's a view that few of those he has opposed over the decades have elaborated clearly or consistently; that consistency is both impressive, & the lack of consistency from those who would curb speech is a colossal disrecommendation.
Certainly officials bare a huge part of the blame for these ongoing travesties against speech & connectivity. But there is a very angry negative current in the world today, a disaffection with technology as a whole, that grows and grows. These rules, alas, reflect the simple public's simple rage, to some degree, I fear.
To be frank, the public rage to me still seems very engineered by a dying media old guard who cannot admit to any of their faults and blames the newcomers for everything especially the consequences of their very own actions.
People as a whole seem stupid, specifically in that they are more easily influenced than ChatGPT. Enough that when told "be angry about X" repeatedly they get angry instead of getting annoyed or angry at constant transparent attempts at emotional manipulation.
Certainly officials bare a huge part of the blame for these ongoing travesties against speech & connectivity. But there is a very angry negative current in the world today, a disaffection with technology as a whole, that grows and grows. These rules, alas, reflect the simple public's simple rage, to some degree, I fear.