a question on conspiracy theories and how to deal

[zedro]

I'm curious what opinions are regarding censorship of "conspiracy theorists" such as David Icke on the Internet/social media. I'm not asking if you believe anything he says. I'm asking what you think of censoring alternative news/views (mostly cropped up now because of COVID).

I'm not looking for conflict here, and we don't have to agree. I'm just curious as to others' thoughts on the issue. 

Control of narrative through force is a type of infringement on free will. The notion that ideas are dangerous and should be controlled by an apparent authority has a very poor historical record (to put it mildly). That being said, purposely creating false information also falls under the same principals of infringement, so in both cases it's the consequential nature that creates the 'degree' of karma and polarization..