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It is a private entity causing harm to society by facilitating the dissemination of lies and hate speech. The point is that this should be regulated and/or dis
by privateprofile 9y ago
It is a private entity causing harm to society by facilitating the dissemination of lies and hate speech.
The point is that this should be regulated and/or disallowed, much in the same way that you (fortunately) can't go on TV to call for violence against specific groups of people or to run false advertising, or, in a developed/civilized country, you'll be facing consequences.
One way of doing this would be for FB and other media to be forced to provide authorities with official (and validated) company information regarding the entities that are using their service for this end, much in the same way as would happen to a company running false advertisements on TV.
- thriftwy 9y ago> causing harm to society I wonder if you know that under Stalin, you got executed for being "enemy to the society", and then your children were officially "children of enemy to the society". Because, as maps say, "You are here."
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- privateprofile 9y agoI'd venture in saying that under any dictatorship, dissidents are referred to as enemies of the state/party/country/society, to justify their silencing. Still, I have no idea where you get Stalin out of my previous post. I don't believe this story concerns citizens fighting for their freedom from opression, it's actually related to private entities fearmongering and spreading falsehoods, and media companies (FB) facilitating their work. Maybe you'd need to have a referendum to be convinced, but I think most people will agree that hate speech and lies are damaging to virtually any society, especially because these tactics are well known throughout history. Why you are conflating those two issues is beyond me, perhaps even beyond you, but I decline the bait...