Break Up The Tech Companies! Content producers should not also own the content pipes.
Re:Jon Stewart's Show on Apple Is Ending
by KingLancelot on Friday October 20, 2023 @11:00AM
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Yup, Hollywood studios vs Theaters supreme court already ruled was a monopoly, so is this.
Re:Jon Stewart's Show on Apple Is Ending
by fullshark on Friday October 20, 2023 @10:34AM
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Hope will get you nowhere, these platforms change hats depending on whatever is most beneficial to their bottom line / political standing. Regulation is the only way.
Re:Jon Stewart's Show on Apple Is Ending
by pauldenton on Friday October 20, 2023 @02:03PM
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Regulation with differential enforcement is how you get to the current situation with Joe Biden, Mike Pence and Donald Trump over classified documents handling.
In its current form, it is very normal and expected for executives to be concerned over controversial issues that can cause business problems because they have responsibility to make money and they have control over who does what on their platforms, therefore its only expected of them to distance themselves from content that might cost more money than its bringing.
Fingers crossed that we will go back to the content agnostic platform days where the culture isn't shaped by the concerns of tech manages in SV but by the people who are involved in the society.
Those who think that the current arrangements are fine and they keep hate speech or nudity or some other controversial topic out are risking of falling on the wrong side of the curation because the inorganic methods of keeping the "bad guys" out keeps these people(the deplatformed) unchallenged and organic and they are gaining steam for good or bad reasons and they might actually end up being the financially justified ones to bet on.