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The problem with deplatforming the fringe is that fringe is not measured in absolute terms. It's measured in relative terms. After the fringe group gets removed
by xboxnolifes 4y ago
The problem with deplatforming the fringe is that fringe is not measured in absolute terms. It's measured in relative terms. After the fringe group gets removed, the Overton Window shifts and a new group becomes fringe.
Eventually what is fringe gets too close to the average group of people, and they start getting wary.
- scarface74 4y agoShould Facebook not ban post on voting misinformation? https://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-election-exclusive-idUSKCN1MP2G9 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-election-exclusi...
- infamouscow 4y agoFacebook can't accurately identify "misinformation", but you think they're qualified to be the arbiters of what's true? Give me a break. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-62688532 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-62688532
- scarface74 4y agoYou mean Facebook can’t tell misinformation like “the election date has been changed?” Are you really comparing the laptop of Biden’s son to spreading lies about voting eligibility, voting places, etc?
- infamouscow 4y agoEvery argument in support of censorship boils down to trying to hide the truth, or a belief people can't be trusted to think for themselves. In your example, replying with a link to vote.gov would not only provide accurate counterfactual information, but help indicate to everyone that the source may not be reliable. Censorship is like pouring gasoline onto a fire because you have no water, or refuse to believe water extinguishes fires. Good ideas counter bad ideas. I don't understand why this is so hard for some people to grasp.