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I am not trying to attack you personally. Please don't take this the wrong way. I just want to understand... why would a recruiter for a militant (likely illega

I am not trying to attack you personally. Please don't take this the wrong way. I just want to understand... why would a recruiter for a militant (likely illegal) organization use a government-owned public platform? The only possible reason for a recruiter to join is if there are potential recruits there. With USPS, a recruiter would have the ability to send mail to John Doe or current resident. There is some kind of targeting available as well. But that is besides the point. The main problem is how do we get everyone to be on this new public platform? I think if we can get enough people to sign up for this public platform, it could be feasible. There are still privacy implications of such a public utility though. When you connect to the service, it can keep track of at least your device ID (trivial with apps) and your IP address. Assuming everyone is on this service, the service could reliably track who you are with at what times. I understand that there already exist "shadow" profiles for me on various networks . However, I do not like the idea of an online identity that is connected to my real, legal identity. what if someone else gets a hold of my account while I am away for a few days and starts posting pro Sinn Féin propaganda on it? Will I get flagged for terrorism? How do we know handle all these false positives? I'll go ahead and create a straw man here that is ridiculous: how about we require people to prick their finger and submit their blood sample when they start using a new computer or when they have been inactive for ten minutes?

williamcotton 11y ago
You've answered your own question. Terrorist organizations wouldn't use a public platform just like how they don't currently have recruitment booths in Times Square. If there are privacy implications those would be handled by legislature and judicial oversight like the rest of our public infrastructure. I don't see why a public platform for social media would need any sort of real life identify verification. Instead of having a private company decide who gets to say what, we have public representatives handle the curation. The FCC has been regulating TV and radio for many decades and as far as I can tell it is still relatively easy to criticize the government over public airwaves.

williamcotton 11y ago

You've answered your own question. Terrorist organizations wouldn't use a public platform just like how they don't currently have recruitment booths in Times Square. If there are privacy implications those would be handled by legislature and judicial oversight like the rest of our public infrastructure. I don't see why a public platform for social media would need any sort of real life identify verification. Instead of having a private company decide who gets to say what, we have public representatives handle the curation. The FCC has been regulating TV and radio for many decades and as far as I can tell it is still relatively easy to criticize the government over public airwaves.