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If you are not concerned by the actions of big tech in the past week, you are not paying attention, or you are not properly weighing the implications.

matthewmacleod 6y ago
Or—hear me out—we have observed the actions and come to a different conclusion from you.
- 1123581321 6y ago
  How is that a contradiction?
LadyCailin 6y ago
There’s a cold civil war, that’s rapidly heating up. Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures, and I think every last thing that’s happened lately has been proportional and measured. People quite literally are trying to stage a violent coup, I’m extremely concerned about that. Far more than Twitter banning some asshole.
Karunamon 6y ago
Quite a lot of the latter, it seems. People are more than willing to give a pass to social media / IaaS acting monopolistically because they don't like the people who were targeted. Eventually, the shoe will be on the other foot, and then there will be threads at the top of the front page decrying these companies' behavior because the community does like the people who were targeted. I really wish more people could look beyond two inches in front of their face and see the bigger picture. This pattern is not healthy.
rchaud 6y ago
I'm paying attention, and what I see is that Facebook can take rapid action when and if it so chooses. As far back as 2018 [0], a UN report pointed to Facebook's lack of moderation on misinformation as a major reason why the ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar developed popular support and continued with the approval of the country's politicians. Thousands were killed and a million refugees are now housed in border areas inside neighbouring Bangladesh. Five people dead on US soil however, and they manage to magically spring into action to prevent further damage. [0] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-myanmar-rohingya-facebook-idUSKCN1GO2PN https://www.reuters.com/article/us-myanmar-rohingya-facebook...
- esja 6y ago
  This is one of the problems with unaccountable private censors. It's very easy for them to selectively apply their rules, based on the whims of their workforce or major customers, etc. There is very little oversight, and if they are a monopoly the people who are treated unfairly have nowhere else to go.

matthewmacleod 6y ago

Or—hear me out—we have observed the actions and come to a different conclusion from you.

1123581321 6y ago
How is that a contradiction?

LadyCailin 6y ago

There’s a cold civil war, that’s rapidly heating up. Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures, and I think every last thing that’s happened lately has been proportional and measured. People quite literally are trying to stage a violent coup, I’m extremely concerned about that. Far more than Twitter banning some asshole.

Karunamon 6y ago

Quite a lot of the latter, it seems. People are more than willing to give a pass to social media / IaaS acting monopolistically because they don't like the people who were targeted. Eventually, the shoe will be on the other foot, and then there will be threads at the top of the front page decrying these companies' behavior because the community does like the people who were targeted. I really wish more people could look beyond two inches in front of their face and see the bigger picture. This pattern is not healthy.

rchaud 6y ago

I'm paying attention, and what I see is that Facebook can take rapid action when and if it so chooses. As far back as 2018 [0], a UN report pointed to Facebook's lack of moderation on misinformation as a major reason why the ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar developed popular support and continued with the approval of the country's politicians. Thousands were killed and a million refugees are now housed in border areas inside neighbouring Bangladesh. Five people dead on US soil however, and they manage to magically spring into action to prevent further damage. [0] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-myanmar-rohingya-facebook-idUSKCN1GO2PN https://www.reuters.com/article/us-myanmar-rohingya-facebook...

esja 6y ago
This is one of the problems with unaccountable private censors. It's very easy for them to selectively apply their rules, based on the whims of their workforce or major customers, etc. There is very little oversight, and if they are a monopoly the people who are treated unfairly have nowhere else to go.