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Comment by muaytimbo | Hacker News Reader

The author is an authoritarian lawmaker. This is a false flag to consolidate additional power over the last vestige of the free Internet.

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This person? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marietje_Schaake … doesn’t seem so (authoritarian). Your comment is provocative, can you back that up with evidence?

World Economic Forum (WEF), co-chair of the Global Future Council on Agile Governance

And? By its own description, that council doesn’t appear authoritarian. For reference, here’s how it describes itself…

“To seize the benefits of rapid technological progress, while managing its risks, it is essential to foster responsible technology governance and regulation, advance the digital transformation of sectors and industries, and promote tech-enabled solutions to serve people and the planet. How can policies, regulations and institutions be transformed to scale technologies responsibly?”

https://www.weforum.org/communities/gfc-on-technology-policy...

The WEF is ultimately authoritarian.

> By its own description, that council doesn’t appear authoritarian.

The defendant certainly didn't kill his wife, he said so himself!

Can you elaborate? Quick scan of her Wikipedia entry and top Google hits doesn’t indicate an authoritarian bent. They all list her as a center-left progressive.

Center left is already authoritarian IMO. She’s definitely not the worst, her views are on her medium: https://medium.com/@marietje.schaake

Take from it what you will.

This very article reeks of authoritarianism. Read her blog, not the first time she’s advocated for bureaucratic regulation of tech companies.

I'm interested. Any support for that? I looked around on Wikipedia and LinkedIn.

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