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I think you've misperceived PBS and what this effort would be. The funding would be _public_ - as in crowdsourced. If the effort were non-profit like PBS it wou
by dadarepublic 7y ago
I think you've misperceived PBS and what this effort would be. The funding would be _public_ - as in crowdsourced. If the effort were non-profit like PBS it would be eligible for grants and funding from government(s) but it would not act as a government agency.
I think a good question to ask would be to ask how we insure that governmental intelligence agencies do not have their hooks in the effort.
- oliwarner 7y agoI think the argument here is that social media is harmful, with increasing evidence that in those that use it most, it promotes loneliness and depression rather than bringing people together. That's before you consider the network effects of misinformation.
- weberc2 7y agoGenuine question: can the government legally sponsor a social media network if that network censors legal but abhorrent speech (e.g., anti-black or anti-white hate speech)? Seems like it would either be a cesspool or it would get struck down in the courts.
- conception 7y agoThe government has censored public speech in various forms of media since forever, whether funded or not. It wouldn't be an issue.
- weberc2 7y agoI would be surprised if the courts would uphold an equivalence between broadcast television and a social network. I would expect them to interpret speech on a public social network like speech in a town square.