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Re:The War on General Purpose Computing by kashunstva on Sunday December 04, 2022 @02:34PM (#33856908)
One of the key differences, though, is that there is no biased amplification algorithm sitting on top of the Sharpie-generated hate speech posters. If vendors don’t want to be in the business of policing content then they should stop differentially amplifying content. You can’t manipulate the visibility of content and then claim no responsibility over what end-users see.
Re:The War on General Purpose Computing by suzzer99 on Sunday December 04, 2022 @03:03PM (#33857257)
Yes, this is key.

Also if you run a platform that ends up being used to say live-stream mass murders, it seems pretty reasonable that you would want to ban that. Ultimately companies are run by people. No one wants to work for a company that becomes a platform for that kind of horror.

Re:The War on General Purpose Computing by germinalphrase on Sunday December 04, 2022 @06:23PM (#33859179)
Yes, but - you know - someone works for Live Leak.
Re:The War on General Purpose Computing by spullara on Sunday December 04, 2022 @03:06PM (#33857285)
Depending on the location of the poster the host of that poster would be amplifying the hate speech. For instance, let's say it was on a billboard on a busy highway. Are they now responsible for it if they don't take it down quickly?
Re:The War on General Purpose Computing by cratermoon on Sunday December 04, 2022 @03:22PM (#33857444)
What if every time you used a sharpie and poster board to write hate speech, it was automatically uploaded to the internet and shared with anyone who followed the Sanford company?
Re:The War on General Purpose Computing by spullara on Sunday December 04, 2022 @08:49PM (#33860392)
That isn't how social media works.
Re:The War on General Purpose Computing by sasaf5 on Sunday December 04, 2022 @10:49PM (#33861234)
Ranking should incur the same consequences as authoring. Don't want liability? Let it stack chronologically.