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Should the US government make its own social network? That would cut off all kinds of issues. Only content that is literally illegal would be removed. Everyone
by chopin24 6y ago
Should the US government make its own social network? That would cut off all kinds of issues. Only content that is literally illegal would be removed. Everyone would be guaranteed access.
- daveevad 6y ago1st.gov would be a neat domain name.
- chopin24 6y agoI was thinking publicsquare.gov, but this is a good one too.
- MattGaiser 6y agoSpam alone would eliminate its utility.
- chopin24 6y agoSpam can be blocked, though, right? Edit: To address the commenter below, Congress has addressed spam before, in the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003.
- MattGaiser 6y agoOk, so the rule is now: Only content that is literally illegal or is spam would be removed. See where this is going? It is hard to craft rules that allow everything without leaving a site unusable.
- chopin24 6y ago>It is hard to craft rules that allow everything without leaving a site unusable Does government cheese have to be tasty? The point is to provide the public square, in all its public square glory. If you want something slick and curated, you're going to have to give up some rights.
- nip180 6y agoImagine a spam filter for social media. I actively want this.
- chopin24 6y agoThere's already a law that says advertising messages have to be labelled as such (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAN-SPAM_Act_of_2003 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAN-SPAM_Act_of_2003). Shouldn't be too challenging. Is anyone really going to violate the law on a government website?
- nip180 6y agoIt could also be funded by tax dollars solving the targeted advertising problem, and all data on it could be given 4th amendment protections solving the big brother problem.
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- dredmorbius 6y agoSort of an electronic post office, perhaps?