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The U.S. government just banned five people from entering the country because it doesn’t like their speech. This ban, according to the State Department, is necessary to protect free speech.

If that sounds insane to you, congratulations on your reading comprehension.

On Tuesday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s State Department announced the “Announcement of Actions to Combat the Global Censorship-Industrial Complex,” which will take “decisive action against five individuals who have led organized efforts to coerce American platforms to censor, demonetize, and suppress American viewpoints they oppose.” The five — former European Union Commissioner Thierry Breton, Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) CEO Imran Ahmed, Global Disinformation Index (GDI) cofounder Clare Melford and HateAid leaders Anna-Lena von Hodenberg and Josephine Ballon — are now blocked from getting U.S. visas.

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[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 15 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

Won't be long before trumpspeak == newspeak.

I'm surprised the DOJ and ICE, etc. haven't changed their name to "Ministry of Love".

[–] i_am_not_a_robot@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

"Ministry of Love" doesn't sound very edgy.

[–] Kirp123@lemmy.world 6 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Just add a tough in there. The Ministry of Tough Love sounds pretty on brand for them.

[–] regedit@lemmy.zip 2 points 8 hours ago

Department of Hard Knocks is where a lot of white guys with sunglasses went to work!

[–] Corporal_Punishment@feddit.uk 7 points 13 hours ago

Trump and co want to search our social media to make sure we aren't criticising them.

When people in the UK are arrested for inciting violence they say we dont have freedom of speech....

Make it make sense

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 5 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

suppress American viewpoints

Which viewpoints are those exactly, Marco? [looks at list] So, hate-speech and disinformation? Is that what you're protecting? Crikey!