Re:YouTube has deleted the account of David Icke
by jariel on Sunday May 03, 2020 @09:06PM
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This is a valid point, but as a matter of pragmatism, these platforms are going to have to police information there's no way around it.
It looks specious right now ... but in reality, they and everyone else have been doing it from the start.
It's really easy to garner attention, and even easier to buy it.
Foreign agents, like governments, can use this as a tool to nudge populations, and in many cases, that's all that's needed to change outcomes, particularly in things like elections.
As just one example.
I do however believe that platforms of sufficient scale also become a platform of public, like 'papers of record' have a special status, maybe some sites should as well.
What we need for the 'big platforms' is some kind of smart, modern regulation that maximizes freedom of expression, maybe flags the rubbish as rubbish and very rarely moves stuff off-platform.
It looks specious right now ... but in reality, they and everyone else have been doing it from the start.
It's really easy to garner attention, and even easier to buy it.
Foreign agents, like governments, can use this as a tool to nudge populations, and in many cases, that's all that's needed to change outcomes, particularly in things like elections.
As just one example.
I do however believe that platforms of sufficient scale also become a platform of public, like 'papers of record' have a special status, maybe some sites should as well.
What we need for the 'big platforms' is some kind of smart, modern regulation that maximizes freedom of expression, maybe flags the rubbish as rubbish and very rarely moves stuff off-platform.