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You fail to see whats coming next. In 1997 the big tech platforms lobbied that not only they wouldn't censor views, that it was basically impossible for them t
by _red 6y ago
You fail to see whats coming next.
In 1997 the big tech platforms lobbied that not only they wouldn't censor views, that it was basically impossible for them to do so.
This is what allowed the internet to grow without onerous regulation (ie they were treated as a carrier not a publisher).
Now that big tech is moving towards "being publishers", you're now going to reverse it all and cause massive regulation to take place. In the end, "the internet" will look no different than mainstream tv.
- happytoexplain 6y ago>In the end, "the internet" will look no different than mainstream tv. I worry about this, but I also suspect we're heading in a direction that will mostly avoid this fate. However, even if given a hard binary choice between TV land and the current popularity of hatred that Duke exemplifies, I wouldn't have to think on it.
- _red 6y agoThe merchants of war and division thank you for helping in this effort. The censors aren't stupid, of course they are going to go after the David Dukes first, then over the next decade watch how the internet slowly transforms into a massive establishment mouthpiece. Maybe explain to your kids, "we were afraid of bad words".