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		tcfhgj 31 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The EU moves to kill infinite scrolling Ads aren't free speech, they are the absence of it, because you are paid for a preselected speech.

Almondsetat 31 days ago [–]

That is a non sequitur.

tcfhgj 31 days ago | [–]

how so?

Almondsetat 31 days ago | | [–]

>paid

If I get paid to say something I would have said anyway, is that not free speech?

>preselected

If I go to a protest with a sign that my friend made because I can't, that is not free speech?

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