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...and doesn't care about deplatforming. "We need more than deplatforming" https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2021/01/08/we-need-more-than-deplatforming/ https://b
by will_pseudonym 6y ago
...and doesn't care about deplatforming.
"We need more than deplatforming"
https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2021/01/08/we-need-more-than-deplatforming/ https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2021/01/08/we-need-more-than-d...
- approxim8ion 6y agoDon't pretend like you're patronizing them. You're using a free browser. There's nothing they've done or can do to affect your experience within the browser, and it still remains an open browser. There's no moral hangups here beyond the ones you imagine for yourself.
- will_pseudonym 6y agoIf I'm not patronizing them, who is? Why would a browser want to get into the censorship business?
- approxim8ion 6y agoGoogle is, and people purchasing their other products are. You and I are at best enjoying the fruits of their labour. >Why would a browser want to get into the censorship business? Is having an opinion getting into a business now? It was a pretty bad article and I don't care for it, but please explain how they're "getting into the censorship business".
- Dylan16807 6y agoThat post sounds quite skeptical of the way the deplatforming was handled, and the power of sites to arbitrarily deplatform. Can you be more specific about your actual objection?
- prohobo 6y agoThe title of the article is bad, but the actual suggestions for action against extremism are quite good. We do need research to fix social media, and we do need transparency. Firefox is generally good; they have some identity politics, but it hasn't taken over their ethos.