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There’s a giant wave of political support for this. Right now people are talking on the tv about 8chan and mass shooters. GitHub is being sued for content. The
by ryanmarsh 7y ago
There’s a giant wave of political support for this. Right now people are talking on the tv about 8chan and mass shooters. GitHub is being sued for content.
The end result will be a (horrifying) market solution m. Site owners will have no choice but to pay outside companies to analyze content for them and auto delete. This will probably end up throwing the baby out with the bath water.
- A4ET8a8uTh0 7y agoAgreed. I will add that it is both sides of the political spectrum in US seem to push for it though for different reasons.I am annoyed at how many conversations I had with people who think it is not only good, but necessary.
- joejerryronnie 7y agoIt is the beginning of the end, my friends. Mass governmental censorship to begin in 3...2...1...
- Kye 7y agoThey already do this. I see people on Twitter getting banned daily for mundane, reasonable things like "fuck transphobes" while white supremacists spout hate daily and Twitter does nothing.
- switch007 7y ago> Site owners will have no choice but to pay outside companies to analyze content for them and auto delete. What could go wrong with that process (!) apart from almost everything
- admax88q 7y agoIt could result in more people hosting their own stuff. Back to the "good old days" that many on HN pontificate about.