Parler’s de-platforming shows the exceptional power of cloud providers

Re:Parler’s de-platforming shows the exceptional power of cl... by quacker on Monday January 18, 2021 @11:36AM (#25823458)

> But we've now done the experiment in a big way and the results seem overwhelmingly negative to me, to the point where they present a credible existential threat to civilization, on a par with climate change.

Free speech is certainly a double-edged sword. For example, would you be comfortable running a large site on which users spread misinformation about climate change? Would you continue allowing that misinformation?

It’s a pretty hard question for me personally.

(Practically speaking, you might seek to redirect profits from that misinformation toward donations that help combat climate change, or something similar to offset the impact of that misinformation.)

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Re:Parler’s de-platforming shows the exceptional power of cl... by peytn on Monday January 18, 2021 @05:18PM (#25827358)

I’d be fine with that. Climate change is hard enough that I don’t think banning dissent and reinforcing groupthink is gonna get us to a good place. We should think about designing better solutions and incentives to adhere to those solutions instead. Banning misinformation won’t cure the desire not to go along with a plan. It just kicks problems with aligning incentives down the road.

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Re:Parler’s de-platforming shows the exceptional power of cl... by threatofrain on Monday January 18, 2021 @11:38AM (#25823484)

It's up to every democracy to decide the limits of any freedom. Germany bans Nazi symbols, communications, and organizations altogether, and it doesn't appear as if their state is suffering.

Also, Apple and Android ban porn, which is basically an entire industry.

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