Open letter from the BMJ to Mark Zuckerberg

Re:Open letter from the BMJ to Mark Zuckerberg by eacafdcbac on Friday December 17, 2021 @02:35PM (#29597288)

The Internet is not, and has never been, a "public forum." At the end of the day the only piece of hardware you own is (probably) the one on your desk. You may put whatever data you want into it, but it's no one's responsibility to share that data.

Beyond that the suggestion that all user's data should be shared equally is inherently flawed.

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Re:Open letter from the BMJ to Mark Zuckerberg by Thorncorona on Friday December 17, 2021 @02:54PM (#29597525)

I don’t think these types of arguments that proclaim the internet is owned by private entities make any sense.

The point of the parent comment was to discuss advocacy for a alternative and your comment essentially is replying well this is how it is currently so nothing can be done.

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Re:Open letter from the BMJ to Mark Zuckerberg by CursedUrn on Friday December 17, 2021 @04:31PM (#29598577)

Why isn't it a public forum? The Internet has largely replaced all traditional public fora.

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Re:Open letter from the BMJ to Mark Zuckerberg by tester756 on Friday December 17, 2021 @03:08PM (#29597710)

>The Internet is not, and has never been, a "public forum."

Internet is public utility just like roads.

There's probably no other way around it instead of treating stuff like Facebook as a partly private business and partly public utility.

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Re:Open letter from the BMJ to Mark Zuckerberg by cracell on Friday December 17, 2021 @02:56PM (#29597570)

I would strongly argue that coordinated censorship of media should be illegal.

It's not today. But is it in society's interest that a small group of elites gets to decide what we can discuss on our primary discussion platforms?

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