Re:Elon Musk’s $44B education on free speech
by mrtksn on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @06:41AM
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> Moderation should be carried out on a per jurisdiction basis
How do you feel about deleting post that criticise Iranian politics and ban accounts showing support to protests in Iran? Only for the Iranian audience of course. Then how do you feel providing the list of accounts who shared certain images and messages to Iranian courts, knowing that some of them would be executed?
Re:Elon Musk’s $44B education on free speech
by mytailorisrich on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @06:56AM
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I don't feel anything about it. If you choose to operate in a country then you have to follow local law. If you don't want to do that then don't operate in that country. The site may still be accessible there of course, but you have no presence there and don't target that country so can ignore its laws, and if they are not happy they can block you.
Re:Elon Musk’s $44B education on free speech
by mrtksn on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @07:36AM
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Obviously you don't have another choice but don't you have ideals or morals too? Many outrageous things are have been done through the history and there are happening now.
I hate pulling the nazi argument but you might have been asked for the list of those who celebrated some jewish holiday, if the holocaust was happening today. Completely legal and you can't miss the German market right?
It's the most obvious and overused thing but it might happen today too.
Re:Elon Musk’s $44B education on free speech
by conradfr on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @06:38AM
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Twitter actually does hide tweets in specific countries based on local legislations.
Re:Elon Musk’s $44B education on free speech
by papito on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @04:14AM
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But this is the whole thing about global social networks. The issues with jurisdictions and politics are nearly insurmountable - it's an impossible task - and somehow the old Twitter chugged along.
Musk never spent 30 seconds thinking about any of this.
Indeed, some things are perfectly legal in one country but illegal in another so an unique, global moderation policy would have to follow the smallest common denominator among all countries served, which would obviously minimise the extent of allowed content.