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How WhatsApp Fuels Fake News and Violence in India
- gtirloni 8y agoWhen we live in a society, we agree (consciously or not) to live by a set of rules (written or not). We get the benefits and obligations that come with that. WhatsApp exists in this society, yet it doesn't want to play by its rules saying it would compromise its core values around privacy. What's to make of this? As much as I'm pro privacy, I feel like any application needs provisions for law enforcement. If you think that will be abused by someone in the system, it should be fixed elsewhere. I'm trying to break this down to the basics but, as I see it, WhatsApp wants a common denominator for privacy laws in the world but is it willing to invest in lobbying everywhere it operates?
- nradov 8y agoThere are no universal societal rules prohibiting end-to-end encryption.
- shard972 8y agoThere are no universal societal rules.
- hannasanarion 8y agoCheap, seamless, end-to-end encryption is still a game-changer to the social order. We protected messages before with envelopes and seals and basic ciphers that law enforcement could break if the need arose. It doesn't mean popular encryption is a bad thing. But it is a new thing, with impacts on the social that we don't understand or know how to compensate for. Like people getting "news" primarily through encrypted chats, creating a dream environment for Macedonian fake news authors who make money by stoking their racism. Who could have anticipated that?
- je4i 8y agoMove to Signal. It's not complicated. Once upon a time most of India was keeping Orkut propped up. Things change.