Re:FB to curb internal debate over sensitive issues amid emp...
by DaiPlusPlus on Thursday September 17, 2020 @07:58PM
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> You mean you want the courts to moderate your social platform?
Honestly? Yes. At least that way there's impartiality, accountability, an appeals process, and enforcement.
If Facebook self-moderates you get all of the same downsides of "big government"[1] moderation and none of the benefits listed above.
[1] I assume your argument is predicated in terms of "big government" as though an unregulated and for-profit company having a near-monopoly on key parts of modern society is somehow superior to any kind of state involvement in reigning-in excesses that the free market fails to address.
Honestly? Yes. At least that way there's impartiality, accountability, an appeals process, and enforcement.
If Facebook self-moderates you get all of the same downsides of "big government"[1] moderation and none of the benefits listed above.
[1] I assume your argument is predicated in terms of "big government" as though an unregulated and for-profit company having a near-monopoly on key parts of modern society is somehow superior to any kind of state involvement in reigning-in excesses that the free market fails to address.