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The whole Parler thing is very interesting to me. Many people point out that Twitter, Facebook, and other social networks have the same TOS violating content th
by BoysenberryPi 6y ago
The whole Parler thing is very interesting to me. Many people point out that Twitter, Facebook, and other social networks have the same TOS violating content that Parler does but I wonder if this will come down to a "reasonable attempt" situation like Youtube copyright.
Youtube and later on Twitch got into trouble with the RIAA and other major media groups because Youtube allows users to upload copyrighted material. I believe the result of the lawsuit vs Viacom was that Google has to make a reasonable attempt to keep copyright material off Youtube which brought about the ContentID system.
Circling this back to Parler, Twitter and Facebook both have the same type of "hate speech" that Parler does that would violate Google's, Apple's, and AWS ToS but the difference is they can make the claim they make a "reasonable attempt" to keep those comments off while Parler does not.
There's also the argument that now that the Democrats are in charge, the heads at FAANG is increasingly worried about regulation and getting broken up so it's in their best interest to take a harder stance on this. I think the coming months will be very interesting.
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- fuckyah 6y agoThe thing is that Trump did never incite or use hate speech. He did the opposite. He said stay peaceful. Go Home. Yet he was censored of social media!
- azernik 6y agoTwitter, Facebook, &c absolutely make a reasonable attempt - stuff this blatant does not tend to survive long on their platforms. That short-lived content still has effects, but they're not in the Parler bucket of refusing on principle to moderate.
- dillondoyle 6y agoI think this is getting lost in these threads. Parlor's intent and as you say 'reasonable attempt' at moderation. It seems that Parlor explicitly designed their moderation to fail and not actually moderate anything.