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What do you think the people who now shout "censorship" would say if few years ago, someone sugested "the tech giants should be regulated with regards to what c
by glogla 5y ago
What do you think the people who now shout "censorship" would say if few years ago, someone sugested "the tech giants should be regulated with regards to what content they host and follow due process when removing content"?
The tech giants are unregulated. They can do what they want. They want this for some reason, so they do it.
What is the alternative?
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y agoDoing what random HNer's want, apparently. Disrupting industries by straight up breaking the law: totally ok. Choosing what content your website will and will not host: absolutely monstrous. That's tech culture in a nutshell.
- glogla 5y agoI mean, "the tech giants have enormous control over society, monopolistic positions and levels of vertical integration and trilions of cash at hand that make it impossible to fight them in market, can we do something about it?" is definitely a good discussion to have. Not sure if "they should be hosting dangerous antivaxx content during global pandemic" (that some people claim doest actually exist because of previous content) is a good way to kick that discussion off. (I realize this particular video possibly isnt that dangerous.)