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I am kinda confused, facebook was criticized for not weeding out "fake news" (same for twitter/ Instagram not controlling trolling/hate speech), and Cloudflare
by mido22 9y ago
I am kinda confused, facebook was criticized for not weeding out "fake news" (same for twitter/ Instagram not controlling trolling/hate speech), and Cloudflare is criticized for not being content neutral... damned if you do, damned if you don't
- convery 9y agoPretty sure it's different groups complaining.
- leereeves 9y agoThe ACLU gets plenty of criticism too. Some people don't support the rights the ACLU defends.
- ForHackernews 9y agoI think there's a meaningful difference between a media company (Facebook/Twitter/etc.) and an infrastructure provider. I expect the electric company to provide electricity to everyone on a non-discriminatory basis. I don't expect publishers to print everything that gets submitted to them.
- PeanutCurry 9y agoCould you expand on this a little? I'm confused because the ACLU is not a government organization, they're not part of the infrastructure.
- pls2halp 9y agoHis parent was referring to Cloudflare suspending their services for the Daily Stormer, which was presumably the impetuous for this whole post.
- the8472 9y agoFacebook claims to provide service to 25% of the world population. I think it's worth considering whether they are communication carriers at this point. Real-world concepts of common carriers are centered around the concept of natural monopolies arising from local effects. That does not take networking effects into account which can work non-locally.
- lmm 9y agoFacebook should be careful about the news they're promoting (in the "trending articles" part). But they should remain neutral when they're acting as a pipe for people's posts.