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Speech is already controlled by corporate interests, you're just not noticing it because the claims are its done "to fit your preferences". Whether that's true
by sprafa 10y ago
Speech is already controlled by corporate interests, you're just not noticing it because the claims are its done "to fit your preferences". Whether that's true or not, or really is it to fit your preferences or to keep you longer using their services (do angry users use FB more often?) you can't tell. The algorithm to control speech is already in place, but the results are completely self serving for FB. What we're arguing for is to consider whether the current solution is a net benefit to society.
False information and hate speech should be downgraded, even banned, when it's done to be shared with millions of people and it can lead to actions that are not beneficial to society in general.
Let adults be adults is fine enough, but I don't understand why people should be allowed on disseminate verifiably false information. If it's the state control that bothers you, make a democratic system to flag it. It's sill better than allowing FB and Google to give you what their algorithms say keep you using their service.