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First they went after hate speech, Then they banned the nazis, Then they banned the fascists, Then they banned the free speech advocates, Then they banned m
by theandrewbailey 6y ago
First they went after hate speech,
Then they banned the nazis,
Then they banned the fascists,
Then they banned the free speech advocates,
Then they banned me, and the platform treated me like an unperson,
But I'm privileged enough to embarrass them into unbanning me.
- seattle_spring 6y agoThe examples in the article generally fall into your first 3 buckets. It's not like they continuously broadened their definition for bannable content.
- gotoeleven 6y agoJust open a history book to a random page and you'll see that the powers that be will always always always use whatever tools they have available to stay in power. Why did we hand the power to regulate speech over to powerful private monopolies? Were we sure that this time, unlike every other time in history, it would be used responsibly?
- theandrewbailey 6y ago> Why did we hand the power to regulate speech over to powerful private monopolies? I don't think we did. Social networks seized it by updating terms of use, privacy policies, and community guidelines.