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> We totally agree that many of these things are, indeed, illegal. Good! Then we don't need any new laws or policy changes. We just need to empower law enforce
by thegrimmest 5y ago
> We totally agree that many of these things are, indeed, illegal.
Good! Then we don't need any new laws or policy changes. We just need to empower law enforcement to do their jobs. As I've mentioned, they seem pretty empowered already.
Publishers indeed have been responsible for content. Sites like Instagram or Pinterest are hardly publishers however, they're more akin to the bulletin boards that used to be ubiquitous in public places (With Pinterest it's literally in the name). Anyone can post whatever they want without any editorial process. If someone posted a murder contract on such a bulletin board, would the board owner (say your local grocery store) be responsible? Hardly.
Vast unpatrolled online empires where people can say whatever they want sounds pretty good to me actually. It's freedom of speech in action. Anything actually illegal or really dangerous is policed pretty well (say compared to TOR, and even there criminals are not immune). Otherwise just leave people be. No one "creates a dangerous situation" just by saying something online. It takes more than that.