Re:YouTube has deleted the account of David Icke
by klyrs on Sunday May 03, 2020 @09:29PM
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Please consider the following situation.
1. Government passes law that websites that get a million eyeballs a day and display user-generated content are forbidden from curating the content on their site.
2. Government produces propaganda, or through some legal indirections, arranges the production of propaganda.
3. Producers of above propaganda publishes or arranges astroturfing of the propaganda onto every large platform.
So this is a situation where the government has the power to dictate speech of private parties. Is that seen as a positive outcome by free speech advocates?
And what happens when the government lowers the bar? With precedent set that the government has the right to halt censorship by private parties, will they stop at a million views per day? Will they expand to things such as messaging services?
And what will happen to spam content? After a website crosses the million views threshold, must its genuine content be diluted into oblivion?
1. Government passes law that websites that get a million eyeballs a day and display user-generated content are forbidden from curating the content on their site.
2. Government produces propaganda, or through some legal indirections, arranges the production of propaganda.
3. Producers of above propaganda publishes or arranges astroturfing of the propaganda onto every large platform.
So this is a situation where the government has the power to dictate speech of private parties. Is that seen as a positive outcome by free speech advocates?
And what happens when the government lowers the bar? With precedent set that the government has the right to halt censorship by private parties, will they stop at a million views per day? Will they expand to things such as messaging services?
And what will happen to spam content? After a website crosses the million views threshold, must its genuine content be diluted into oblivion?