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This is power that each newspaper wields everyday for tens of years. Same for TV and radio. Why being on internet automatically makes you not responsible for wh
by llukas 9y ago
This is power that each newspaper wields everyday for tens of years. Same for TV and radio. Why being on internet automatically makes you not responsible for what you distribute again?
- ghaff 9y agoIt's different in that newspapers create the content that they publish themselves. So far, we've collectively been able to dance around the fact that different countries have different laws/attitudes/etc. over what sort of things are acceptable to publish. (And those countries that are far out of the mainstream are mostly small enough that they're not that important commercially.) But there are differences between the US and various European countries that probably can't be swept under the rug forever.
- pimmen 9y agoGo back 30 years, when your voice in print media was either starting your own newspaper or writing a letter to the editor and the comparison holds. Edit: I meant your way to communicate in the newspaper
- ben_w 9y agoWas it that? Or was it talking loudly in public places until you gathered a crowd, which probably automatically brought you to the attention of the police?
- yakitori 9y ago> It's different in that newspapers create the content that they publish themselves. This isn't true. A significant portion of newspaper content is derived from the wire services ( AP, Reuters, etc ). And of course the advertisements or "reviews-as-advertisements".
- emiliobumachar 9y agoHolding internet companies for such responsibility can go a long way toward undoing the capacity of the average joe to go viral, unless approved.