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Facebook should really come down from their high horses and let legal entities decide of stuff like this. They're a utility. (not saying that in a bad way, beco
by dagorenouf 6y ago
Facebook should really come down from their high horses and let legal entities decide of stuff like this. They're a utility. (not saying that in a bad way, becoming a utility is the ultimate startup achievement)
- wutbrodo 6y ago>Facebook should really come down from their high horses and let legal entities decide of stuff like this If you've followed this conversation at all for the last 5-10 years, there's no way it makes sense to think that these decisions are somehow driven by Facebook'(or any tech company's) desires. Leaving aside the intense liberal values personally held by Zuckerbeg, Page, Brin, Dorsey, et al, the responsibility for speech policing is a can of worms that the tech platforms have been consistently and loudly opposed to. It's the baying of illiberal lunatics (primarily on the left, in recent years) and the associated PR and regulatory threats that have forced them into this position.
- dagorenouf 6y agoThanks, I didn’t realize that. I guess that’s why Dorsey wanted to create an open protocol that would be free from these.
- ergocoder 6y agoIf you follow this topic, it has been clear that FB and Twitter do not want to be the decider of truth. They want to be a utility for communication. They would much prefer government decide it. But many people are like "government being the decider of truth" is bad. So this is where we are at; the private companies can ban whomever it wants and play the decider of truth.
- AwaAwa 6y agoBeing a utility comes with (some) regulation. I think it is far past time that this occurred.