How Silicon Valley destroyed Parler

Re:How Silicon Valley destroyed Parler by umvi on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @03:06PM (#25752700)

> So in that particular case, influence of these companies might be bringing United States closer to best practices adopted in the majority of developed democracies.

Best practices for maintaining a democracy or best practices for maintaining social order? There's a difference. You might argue that restricting hate speech is actually a step away from democracy towards more government control.

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Re:How Silicon Valley destroyed Parler by dchichkov on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @03:17PM (#25767417)

You can look at the following parameters that are critical for the health of democracies: electoral process and pluralism, civil liberties, the functioning of government, political participation, and political culture.

And consider how moderation of hate speech affects these parameters. Evaluating these on an example of presidential debates of 2020 might be a good option. As there is a contrast between the first debate, that included no moderation and a second debate, that included some.

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