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You don't see a problem with the results of a search in something trivially manipulated like Google and Facebook potentially limiting an individual's mobility a
by tosstossy 9y ago
You don't see a problem with the results of a search in something trivially manipulated like Google and Facebook potentially limiting an individual's mobility and freedom?
- danschumann 9y agoYou assume it's trivial. What's the threshold? If they post things that say they are glad when Americans die, is non-trivial enough for you? Or are you concerned facebook and google would post things 'for' them that make them look bad?
- tosstossy 9y agoImagine someone is attempting to immigrate to escape a hostile family intolerant of their ideals. Like an atheist attempting to leave a Muslim environment. If the contents of their "social network" may prevent their entering another country what's to prevent their family from filling their social network with terroristic nonsense to try prevent their escape? This is just a simple example... Social media is not an official record and is trivially influenced and manipulated by the general public without recourse. Any information empowered to substantially restrict individual freedoms should correspondingly be protected from inaccuracies, e.g. court documents and police records.
- Spivak 9y agoIs it really different than looking at their personal website or blog?