Re:Things from leaked audio of Mark Zuckerberg and his emplo...
by throwquestion24 on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @06:13PM
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So if an elected official posts a picture of themselves naked or with their nipples out it won’t be censored?
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Re:Things from leaked audio of Mark Zuckerberg and his emplo...
by klahtnun on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @06:19PM
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Sure, why not? It is illegal for police to enforce laws on certain public officials in certain circumstances. IIRC members of congress can't be stopped for a traffic violation on the way to a vote, or something like that.
The ancient Romans didn't allow prosecution of some public officials while in office for a similar reason. Their courts could too easily be abused as a political tool.
It's not unreasonable to leave public officials unmoderated while they're in office.
The real problem here is that we're letting private companies make the decision. We should pass a law that requires unrestricted free speech on any platform of a certain size. And then give users optional moderation tools. Users could toggle a button that says "Show me fact-checking along side controversial topics" but it would all have to be opt-in.
Re:Things from leaked audio of Mark Zuckerberg and his emplo...
by throwquestion24 on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @06:56PM
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Because Facebook has already made some decisions on this topic and pretty much all nudity and female nipples are banned.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2020/01/19/facebook-nudi...
https://www.forbes.com/sites/abigailesman/2012/08/06/faceboo...