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In some case there is direct harm caused by the posts. Pizzagate was an example which led to a man turning up to a pizza shop with a gun based on the fake story
by maym86 8y ago
In some case there is direct harm caused by the posts. Pizzagate was an example which led to a man turning up to a pizza shop with a gun based on the fake story and the business owners received death threats. Not everything is as easy as just unfollowing.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pizzagate_conspiracy_theory https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pizzagate_conspiracy_theory
When it comes to hate speech, incitment to do harm or lies about elections a subset of people unfollowing doesn't mean there still won't be harmful consequences.
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- paulsutter 8y agoPizzagate was unfortunate and pathetic, but is controlling every post on the Internet the right response? Once censorship is in place, how do you prevent the wrong people from taking control of it? How would you even know?
- maym86 8y ago> trying to control every post on the Internet Did I suggest this? The point is just unfollowing people as you suggested doesn't solve the problem.
- paulsutter 8y agoIf you’re proposing a trusted third party, I’m calling it a security hole that might not turn out quite the way you hope
- darkerside 8y agoLet me try to draw the line you're not following here. The solution parent is outlining is assigning responsibility for actions to the users of the platform, not is creators or maintainers.
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