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Re:Facebook whistleblower says she wants to fix company, not... by teddyh on Monday October 04, 2021 @03:22PM (#28750919)
But death threats are already illegal. What does your proposal bring? Making it extra illegal? A failure of the police and other authorities to act does not mean that the law is at fault.
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Re:Facebook whistleblower says she wants to fix company, not... by michaelmrose on Thursday October 07, 2021 @12:32PM (#28788607)
I'm talking about enforcement and making social media platforms liable if they don't deal with such situations expeditiously.

We don't need such standards per se because neither of us is a lunatic but if I were in this very comment to make threats of horrific violence against you or your family you can be assured that hacker news tiny moderation team would waste little time in removing my ability to post because they give a fuck about the health of this community.

Facebook by contrast deals with a fraction of 1% of such issues.

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