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Identity theft is a crime. If a platform facilitates this, it should be liable.
by webmobdev 4y ago
Identity theft is a crime. If a platform facilitates this, it should be liable.
- lokar 4y agoIdentity theft is a crime when used to commit fraud. Just claiming to be someone but not otherwise defrauding anyone is fine.
- bigfudge 4y agoBut if a conventional media source published a quote from someone impersonating a public figure, and discovered this, they would publish a correction. Big tech companies wash their hands if this kind of responsibility. That degrades the value of our public spaces.
- testHNac 4y agoNote - I am not an American. From what I have read in American News Media I see so many things that have been blatant lies published by respected News Media like NYT and WaPo. But I don't think I have come across corrections regarding such national and international stories. Regarding your statement - " ... degrades the value of our public spaces." I believe even your mainstream news media is guilty of the same.
- bigfudge 4y agoI don’t disagree with this, but it is a form of whataboutism so it doesn’t really undermine the original point that some MSM are also terrible actors. Press in the UK is bad, but I don’t yet see it as this bad.
- pjc50 4y agoTwitter verification started because of a fraud and a lawsuit: https://bleacherreport.com/articles/193279-tony-la-russa-lawsuit-is-why-all-people-need-a-twitter-account https://bleacherreport.com/articles/193279-tony-la-russa-law... The news is that they're effectively removing what verification there was, and the checkmark becomes basically a TF2 hat that means nothing. You'll be able to change your display name to "Elon Musk" and buy a checkmark.