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If you run a social network and can’t keep up with moderation for calls for violence you shouldn’t be allowed to be in business. This goes for the big tech comp
by andrewvc 6y ago
If you run a social network and can’t keep up with moderation for calls for violence you shouldn’t be allowed to be in business. This goes for the big tech companies as well.
“It’s hard” is not an excuse.
- phendrenad2 6y ago"The law, in it's equality, forbids the rich and the poor alike from sleeping on park benches"
- asddubs 6y agoin the case of illegal content, this usually isn't something that doesn't exist at all one day and then exists in volumes too big to moderate the next.
- JamisonM 6y agoYes, I am a big fan of the "it is hard is not an excuse" standard. I would like it applied to advertisers using tech platforms to evade all sorts of anti-discrimination regulations in housing and employment too!
- the_drunkard 6y ago> If you run a social network and can’t keep up with moderation for calls for violence you shouldn’t be allowed to be in business. This goes for the big tech companies as well. This is such a narrow minded view and doesn't hold up to historical precedent. Was Facebook banned from app stores when shooters live streamed on their platform? Was Twitter banned from app stores when calls for violence against Nick Sandmann were spreading? Was Youtube banned from app stores when it was discovered that child predators were lurking in the comments and exploiting underage children?
- bitstan 6y agoChrome allows access to calls to violence.. Google fiber allows access to calls to violence.. Do you really want Google to be the morality police of devices and services you pay for? Because that's sad. It's sad how people adopt authoritarian tendencies because they disagree with people they don't understand.
- ayush--s 6y agoowner of the content is held responsible
- kristofferR 6y agoSo you want AI censorship? Hundreds of hours of video is uploaded to Youtube every minute, you can't have people to watch it through all. Twitter has thousands of tweets a second. It's impossible to manually moderate social media platforms by your standard, it's the whole point of Section 230. You remove disallowed content when it's discovered. Parler deletes illegal parleys when are notified, they deleted parleys from Lin Wood a few days ago.
- andrewvc 6y agoReal creators could pay, what, a dollar or five to fund the moderation of their youtube videos. Same for facebook etc. The idea that every social network deserves to exist on terms that are economically preferable to their owners is not some golden rule. These networks didn't even exist 20 years ago.
- PurpleFoxy 6y agoExactly. it’s hard for McDonald’s to manage food safety with thousands of locations, but they don’t just go “oh well I can’t be watching everything”. They spend the money making sure everything is fine.
- blisterpeanuts 6y agoFalse equivalency. McDonald's can and does manage food safety over a vast area, because they've got it down to a fine art after 60 years. A brand new startup from last year can hardly be held to the same standard.
- plaidfuji 6y agoDo you think fast food startups aren’t required to comply with FDA, OSHA regs, etc to the same extent as McDonalds? It’s a higher barrier to entry, yes, but not impossible.
- PurpleFoxy 6y agoThe brand new local pizza bar is held to the same standards as McDonald’s. If you can’t afford to do business safely and legally than you can’t afford to do business. Either scale down your plans or come up with a new idea.
- KillTrumpNow 6y agoTrump should be killed as soon as he leaves office! PATRIOTS UNITE! (let's see how long this stays up)