This reminds me of the voice ban Thatcher enacted in the UK back in the late 80s relating to the Troubles.
It was illegal to broadcast the voices of representatives of specific political groups (apart from during elections). Mainly Gerry Adams, who was leader of Sinn Féin, a party strongly linked to the IRA and terrorism.
The law was overly specific, so broadcasters, including the BBC, just dubbed his voice with a soundalike.
The person you replied to was themselves replying to someone talking about a theoretical future ban, not the past ban, and since that first person was talking about a positive of no longer hearing from unspecified famous people they clearly weren't talking about a law that would once again make it easy for impersonators to make it so that people still hear the same views in the same voices just technically spoken by actors.
That's pretty good, I'm stealing that. You've just motivated me to go buy the cord I need for my Kindle and probably made my life a few percent better by doing so.
This comment is a perfect encapsulation of the ridiculously simple understanding of the political landscape that seems to be rampant among the tech industry.
It was illegal to broadcast the voices of representatives of specific political groups (apart from during elections). Mainly Gerry Adams, who was leader of Sinn Féin, a party strongly linked to the IRA and terrorism.
The law was overly specific, so broadcasters, including the BBC, just dubbed his voice with a soundalike.