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> A private company shouldn't get to pick and choose what opinions are valid They aren't. Their not deciding universal truths. They're deciding what content th
by mabbo 5y ago
> A private company shouldn't get to pick and choose what opinions are valid
They aren't. Their not deciding universal truths. They're deciding what content they want to host on their platform, which they operate and pay for. You have no control, nor any say, in what content that is. Go make your own.
And I'd gladly vote in favor of a break up of all the big tech firms.
- adamrezich 5y agothey literally decide truth and state their decided truth in UI boxes next to the video title, for certain classes of videos. this does not just apply to medical information. (edit) my account is rate-limited for some reason even though I'm not engaging in any sort of flamewar behavior or anything, so I have to ask here instead: what's incorrect about this analysis?
- beebmam 5y agoShould the government be able to force a private company to host content that they don't want to host?
- datenarsch 5y ago> Should the government be able to force a private company to host content that they don't want to host? If that company is so big and powerful that it's becoming an active threat to the democratic process, yes why not? Better yet, break it up and/or nationalize these companies. They are the biggest threat to democracy in modern times.
- beebmam 5y agoI do actually agree with this. At least we should be honest about what we're doing, that we're forcing this on businesses (and that's a good thing!) Nationalization of most social media would do a tremendous amount of public good, and moderation should exist only for illegal content. That means: spam, porn, extreme political views should all be legal to post and not be able to be removed. Moreover, comments should not be removable, users shouldn't be able to ban each other and so on. And you shouldn't be able to post anonymously on these publicly owned platforms. Also, nothing would be monetized, which is also a huge boon to the public, as you won't have people trying to game algorithms for monetization purposes. It's just a far healthier way to operate social media for a society
- detcader 5y agoWhy shouldn't a government be able to decide what content it wants to host in its nation? Not a facetious question, I am curious to understand your reasoning (assuming you agree)