Satire is only an appropriate device when used against imperfect institutions, people, thoughts and so on; and so Google with various other Big Tech bodies, together affectionately termed The Holy Alliance, have united in announcing that satire will heretofore be regarded as hate speech when seen to be targeting “legitimate realities” and will absolutely not be tolerated. It can only be used against “illegitimate realities.” Thus the corridors of discourse will be protected.
Some voices have questioned whether such definitions may be verging on being perhaps a little bit vague, and that the policy could possibly be unwittingly open to accidental abuse. However, a spokesperson has assured everyone that won’t happen.
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