Donald Trump wants to ban the internet, will ask Bill Gates to ‘close it up’
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[quote]Donald Trump has called for the internet to be turned off so that children can no longer use it.
The presidential hopeful said that “We’ve got to maybe do something with the internet,” because it was being used to radicalise people. He said that he would “see Bill Gates” so that he could look into “closing it up”.[/quote]
[url]http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/donald-trump-wants-to-ban-the-internet-will-ask-bill-gates-to-close-it-up-a6764396.html[/url]
Good luck with that
Let's also ban cars because [i]terrists[/i] use them for travel.
What the fuck :v:
Am I living in a fucking south park episode.
Okay, I've heard a lot of shit about Trump, but this takes the cake, the biscuit and the whole fucking buffet.
I didn't think it was possible to be this out of touch with reality.
Donald Trump sounds like the facebook shares of your racist conservative grandfather.
[I]"If only we didn't have to deal with those darn a-rabs and kids, America would be great again! Just like the 1940s!"[/I]
here's a better idea: let's throw him in a psychiatric ward
I feel like trump and his PR team are smoking weed backstage before every speech and are daring him to say even more ridiculous shit. First they said "I'll bet you $100 you won't call mexicans rapists", then it turned into "I'll bet you $100 that you won't say we need to ask Bill Gates to shut off the internet".
Being someone not from America, watching most of the Presidential candidates is like watching a cartoon.
Trump's a damn looney.
Just when I think he's said the silliest possible thing, bam.
yeah fuck no... the fucking Government and E-Commerce would like to have a word with Trump.
A vote for Trump is a vote against memes
Well let's hope that Trump fails utterly. And if he does, well...
Is Trump actually suggesting all this nonsense or are people spreading false information / cherry-picking his statements / misquoting?
So, who's the best choice/least worst choice to become next POTUS?
[QUOTE=exhale77;49271694]Is Trump actually suggesting all this nonsense or are people spreading false information / cherry-picking his statements / misquoting?[/QUOTE]
I don't exactly see how this could be taken out of context at all
Hold on what, this is serious? I came here hoping this was a joke.
[QUOTE=Kyle902;49271698]I don't exactly see how this could be taken out of context at all[/QUOTE]
Thank you.
I took close up to mean restrict access to, not shut down entirely. If anyone or anything could implement universal age-based restrictions to the internet, its Microsoft.
of course the idea of restricting internet access is nuts. how would they even verify someone as 18+? we know how well the honor system works for porn sites.
What if trump was hired to make Republicans look bad but his insane ideas are making him popular. So this ban internet is last ditch effort to stop people liking him
[QUOTE=aurum481;49271697]So, who's the best choice/least worst choice to become next POTUS?[/QUOTE]
Bernie Sanders.
[QUOTE=butre;49271709]I took close up to mean restrict access to, not shut down entirely. [B]If anyone or anything could implement universal age-based restrictions to the internet, its Microsoft.[/B]
of course the idea of restricting internet access is nuts. how would they even verify someone as 18+? we know how well the honor system works for porn sites.[/QUOTE]
I'm pretty sure this would be something ISPs would deal with, not Microsoft.
[QUOTE=aurum481;49271697]So, who's the best choice/least worst choice to become next POTUS?[/QUOTE]
They all suck, and they always will suck
[QUOTE=paul simon;49271726]I'm pretty sure this would be something ISPs would deal with, not Microsoft.[/QUOTE]
I don't think you could convince every isp in the country to implement something that would be easier to just have clientside
Ban Donald Trump.
[QUOTE=butre;49271709]I took close up to mean restrict access to, not shut down entirely. If anyone or anything could implement universal age-based restrictions to the internet, its Microsoft.
of course the idea of restricting internet access is nuts. how would they even verify someone as 18+? we know how well the honor system works for porn sites.[/QUOTE]
In south korea, websites require SSN's to sign up. They've got an activex plugin to verify your shit
[QUOTE=butre;49271740]I don't think you could convince every isp in the country to implement something that would be easier to just have clientside[/QUOTE]
I don't think you could convince Microsoft to implement something that would make everyone switch to another OS.
Thing with ISPs is that you're usually stuck with them.
[QUOTE=exhale77;49271694]Is Trump actually suggesting all this nonsense or are people spreading false information / cherry-picking his statements / misquoting?[/QUOTE]
Both. The title is sensationalised as hell but what he's saying isn't exactly smart either.
[QUOTE="Trump"]"We're losing a lot of people because of the internet," Trump said. "We have to see Bill Gates and a lot of different people that really understand what's happening.
“We have to talk to them about, maybe in certain areas, closing that internet up in some ways. Somebody will say, 'Oh freedom of speech, freedom of speech.' These are foolish people."[/QUOTE]
He isn't outright saying "Ban the internet", obviously that would be detrimental to himself as well as he's very active on social media. He's basically advocating blocking certain websites, and increasing surveillance because terrorists are scary.
Notably though, his position seems to be similar to Hillary's, but he's saying it in a more idiotic way. Here's her version:
[QUOTE="Hillary"]“You are going to hear all the familiar complaints: ‘freedom of speech,’ ”
In a reference to Silicon Valley’s reverence for disruptive technologies, Mrs. Clinton said, “We need to put the great disrupters at work at disrupting ISIS,” an acronym used for the militant group.[/QUOTE]
[URL="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/07/us/politics/hillary-clinton-islamic-state-saban-forum.html"]Source[/URL]
oh would you just go FUCK OFF FOR GOD FUCKING SAKES.
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