A recent initiative by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has ignited a debate over free speech and the regulation of online communication. Using the ominous term "Internet of Trust," UNESCO plays a full spectrum deployment of techniques like 'algorithmic suppression' to diminish speech online that the UN doesn't approve of.
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