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Re:Nextdoor will alert users if it thinks they’re about to p... by capableweb on Tuesday April 20, 2021 @06:38AM (#26872889)
I agree that this is the way we should go if we want to have moderation of content that also respects freedom of speech. However, I don't think what most people people want is just to not see racist comment online, they want to prevent/forbid racist comment online, even if they don't see it.

Otherwise Parler would never have been shut down like it was, people would simply ignore it. But instead, people go out of their way in order to silence Parler, even if it's not their community.

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Re:Nextdoor will alert users if it thinks they’re about to p... by darkarmani on Tuesday April 20, 2021 @11:49AM (#26876250)
> Otherwise Parler would never have been shut down like it was, people would simply ignore it.

Even with the "inciting and encouraging violence"? Why should people ignore platforms with calls to violence?

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Re:Nextdoor will alert users if it thinks they’re about to p... by capableweb on Tuesday April 20, 2021 @01:03PM (#26877359)
I don't think we should ignore platforms that call for violence, but is that what Parler did? AFAIK, only people using Parler was inciting any violence, not the people actually running and maintaining the service Parler.
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Re:Nextdoor will alert users if it thinks they’re about to p... by waheoo on Tuesday April 20, 2021 @12:07PM (#26876532)
I agree, we should shutdown Twitter and Facebook today.

Better take down AWS too, they host all kinds of awful shit.

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Re:Nextdoor will alert users if it thinks they’re about to p... by darkarmani on Thursday April 22, 2021 @02:13PM (#26905979)
> Better take down AWS too

Go ahead and complain to their service provider and see if they are violating their ToS.

The big difference is that Twitter and Facebook actually (poorly) police their content where Parlor refused to do anything to block calls to violence. They were warned and continued to violate the ToS and AWS decided to walk away from the relationship.

What good if having a contract if you aren't allowed to terminate it once a party violates it?

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