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So if the government wants to force a company like Twitter to be a "public square", all it has to do is just post some information exclusively on that platform?

• telxosser 5y ago
  Our 70 year old+ law makers who graduated high school before color television was common just need to understand scaling in complex systems as it relates to digital technology and then we will be all set.
  • retrocryptid 5y ago
    i believe our 70+ year old law makers know exactly what they are doing with regards to CD230.
  • dingosity 5y ago
    Just a nit. Color Television was demonstrated in 1928. Telechrome was demonstrated in the 40s. The NTSC color spec was complete in 1953 when a color performance of Carmen was broadcast. But yes, it wasn't until 1965 when all prime-time shows on the three major networks at the time were broadcast in color. So assuming you're a 70 year old lawmaker in 2022 and you graduated high school at age 18, you probably graduated in 1970, well after the invention of color television. If you're an 80 year old lawmaker in 2022, you probably graduated in 1960, well after the first NTSC color transmission. In 1971, 48% of new TV sets sold were color, so you certainly have a leg to stand on if you're counting the 50/50 point as "common." But if "common" means 25% of new TV sales, then that event came in 1968, so there's two years where a lawmaker in 2022 who is 70+ could have graduated as and after color TV became "common."
• systemvoltage 5y ago
  > all it has to do is just post some information exclusively on that platform Exclusive publication of Gov information is just one of the aspects but the one that is most eggregious to me as a tax paying citizen and comes to mind immediately when I think about a public square. Broadcasting on Radio doesn't prevent anyone from accessing the radio waves. You don't need to give your information to ad-tech platform to access information. > must stop moderating the platform How much moderation/censorship is debatable and can get messy. Obviously you want to ban spam. But, as I said, I'd much prefer an official Gov version of Twitter-like system. I don't even want a Gov contract to procure Twitter platform for Gov use unless the algorithms are also public that control what's shown to people. In general: Social media x Government comm = Unequivocally terrible idea IMO. Let alone US gov, Foreign governments who have no fricking clue about what Twitter's internal algorithms are have decided to jump on the Twitter bandwagon which seems to be a monumentally stupid idea. Great for politicians probably, bad for people.