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> Social media is a backdoor into our societies which is why authoritarian countries ban it. Sort of. They are perfectly happy for you to use the social media
by amatecha 2y ago
> Social media is a backdoor into our societies which is why authoritarian countries ban it.
Sort of. They are perfectly happy for you to use the social media which is subject to the local nation's laws/regulations, and which they have potentially-unlimited degree of influence over.
- bamboozled 2y agoWhich isn't the same thing as the USA, we just let millions of bots onto our platforms to spread any stories those bots like.
- bdangubic 2y agoIn USA this is called “freedom of speech” :)
- bamboozled 2y agoYes but you must see the slippery slope we're on and we have no antidote for.
- bdangubic 2y agono antidote is right... the only semi-reasonable idea I had was to pass a law regarding identity proofing of accounts on ALL social media (anyone claiming protections under section 230 would be in this bucket). the "blue checkmark" would be reserved for any account that has gone through identity proofing (e.g. IAL2). anonymous accounts would still be allowed of course but at least you would have a clear way to differentiate bots and propaganda vs. actual real people with known identities. not to say that identity-proofed accounts would not still be posting sh*t but it would be a better system overall