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Re:Conservatives flock to Parler, claiming censorship on Fac... by frasermince on Sunday November 15, 2020 @10:27AM (#25101876)
I think a lot of people in these comments are missing the core dilemma a lot of these tech companies are dealing with. How do you deal with rampant misinformation that might be harmful to society as a whole? I think moving to putting disclaimers on posts instead of deleting them might be the right move but it’s honestly just a hard problem.
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Re:Conservatives flock to Parler, claiming censorship on Fac... by arkanciscan on Sunday November 15, 2020 @10:52AM (#25102066)
Parler doesn't deal with this problem at all.
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Re:Conservatives flock to Parler, claiming censorship on Fac... by humanrebar on Sunday November 15, 2020 @11:29AM (#25102367)
> How do you deal with rampant misinformation that might be harmful to society as a whole?

Maybe I don't want big tech incumbents solving that problem for me. The dilemma as posed makes a lot of assumptions that I don't agree with.

Maybe I would be OK with some curation or annotation service. If I had some say in hiring, firing, and replacing that service separate from my choice of social media platform.

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