Re:37% of the world’s population have still never used the i...
by PoignardAzur on Saturday January 01, 2022 @05:07PM
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I mean... tech is inherently amoral.
Tor is used for CSAM. PhpBB and PeerTube are used for djihadist propaganda.
There really isn't any trivial way to give people better communication technology without giving them better ability to coordinate to do awful things. If you don't want that, fine, but then the natural conclusion isn't "we shouldn't push Whatsapp on third-world countries", it's "we shouldn't develop the internet in third-world countries". Telegram and Signal can be used to incite genocides just was well.
Tor is used for CSAM. PhpBB and PeerTube are used for djihadist propaganda.
There really isn't any trivial way to give people better communication technology without giving them better ability to coordinate to do awful things. If you don't want that, fine, but then the natural conclusion isn't "we shouldn't push Whatsapp on third-world countries", it's "we shouldn't develop the internet in third-world countries". Telegram and Signal can be used to incite genocides just was well.