Re:Sacha Baron Cohen Uses ADL Speech to Tear Apart Mark Zuck...
by AlexandrB on Friday November 22, 2019 @02:45PM
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> Also think to yourself why this is front and center? Whereas cigarettes literally kill millions a year and they are perfectly legal.
This is a flimsy comparison. The sale and use of cigarettes is tightly regulated, with sale banned to minors and use banned in most public and commercial spaces. If there was anywhere close to this level of restriction on social media usage you might have a point.
P.S. Facebook also contributed to the killing of thousands in Myanmar. So there’s that.
Re:Sacha Baron Cohen Uses ADL Speech to Tear Apart Mark Zuck...
by chachachoney on Friday November 22, 2019 @02:32PM
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>> Also think to yourself why this is front and center? Whereas cigarettes literally kill millions a year and they are perfectly legal. Why? Because politicians cant control their agendas with open social media platforms.
The current crop of populist politicians are benefiting far more from social media platforms than they are from cigarettes.
Also think to yourself why this is front and center? Whereas cigarettes literally kill millions a year and they are perfectly legal. Why? Because politicians cant control their agendas with open social media platforms.
Corporates should not be responsible for regulating their content, unless they are publishers. Social media platforms should be open with the onus on society to teach truth and government to prevent threatening behavior.
Publishers should then be directly held accountable for anything that’s posted on their sites. Fake news, racism, slander, etc.