FTC issues orders to nine social media and video streaming services

Re:FTC issues orders to nine social media and video streamin... by kodah on Monday December 14, 2020 @06:40PM (#25424953)

1. That is still Facebook violating my privacy. How about if I create a virtual profile of you on a page of my website, list it in a search engine, and provide unverified (and likely false) information about you that can also be damaging? Would your feelings change or would you continue to let me run your public profile out of principle as you've described here?

2. I have already answered this. I deleted it. I'm happy to share the email that shows I deleted it, not deactivated. I additionally deleted my data as well, so I have two emails to share if you so desire.

3. There are websites that do this and it's not considered censoring. Reddit regularly has rules against doxxing or naming as well as proper attribution. People have gone as far as to setup bots and alerts to remove information or give proper attribution. This idea is not revolutionary and your presentation of it is maximalist at best.

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Re:FTC issues orders to nine social media and video streamin... by asciident on Monday December 14, 2020 @07:11PM (#25425240)

I didn't see the other post and I believe you. If you say you deleted it, and they didn't, I think we'd both agree that's a problem they should fix or change.

I think the issues you're describing don't have anything to do with the social media service aspect, but more like bad practices of an online company. So I'd agree we should push for online tech companies to fix many issues, including security issues and offsite tracking and proper attribution, etc.

But I don't believe in your original argument that we should abolish social media, because a lot of people want to use social media and it's not your right to stop them.

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Re:FTC issues orders to nine social media and video streamin... by kodah on Monday December 14, 2020 @07:37PM (#25425497)

Sure, there are probably multiple ways we can improve the ecosystem with the same net effect.

> But I don't believe in your original argument that we should abolish social media, because a lot of people want to use social media and it's not your right to stop them.

I'm happy to give up decentralization or abolishment if someone can find a way to ensure that social media is treated like the extension to free speech that it is, that privacy is ensured strongly, and that virality is a thing of the past.

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