Tech watchdogs call on Facebook, Google for transparency around censored content

Re:Tech watchdogs call on Facebook, Google for transparency ... by rickycook on Monday May 07, 2018 @06:18PM (#17016931)

i think the word we are looking for is “majority”. if the majority of the world thinks that gun ownership like the US has is dangerous (for those of you insulated from said rest of the world, this is the case), and the appropriate way to deal with it is to sensor the content, then you’re damn right a global site that provides that content should sensor it! i honestly don’t give a damn about your constitution; it doesn’t protect the majority of people in the world

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Re:Tech watchdogs call on Facebook, Google for transparency ... by tzahola on Monday May 07, 2018 @06:47PM (#17017102)

The “majority of the world” neither supports same-sex marriage. I suppose you’d be fine with removing that kind of content from YouTube as well, right?

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Re:Tech watchdogs call on Facebook, Google for transparency ... by gnarbarian on Monday May 07, 2018 @06:58PM (#17017157)

Fear of the "Tyranny of the majority" was a specific reason the US adopted the Bill of Rights.

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Re:Tech watchdogs call on Facebook, Google for transparency ... by stale2002 on Monday May 07, 2018 @06:41PM (#17017070)

A majority of people can believe a lot of things.

For example, the majority of people in Saudi Arabia believe that gay people should be stoned to death.

I personally don't give any legitimatecy to majoritarianism. There are things that are right and things that are wrong, and this doesn't change because a majority of people don't think the same way.

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