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by lgleason 6y ago
Zuck get's it. Start censoring, editorializing etc. and section 230 protections will be gutted. On top of that anti-trust investigations intensify, rightfully, because you have not concentrated too much power into an un-regulated, un-e
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by lgleason 6y ago
A good documentary that outlines how social media becomes more of a publisher is The Creepy Line. https://www.thecreepyline.com/ The movement to rein in the abuse of Section 230 has been going on for a while, but is finally
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edited for typos: Honest question with this comment. Which would you rather have controlling content. A private company that has not public accountability or a political official who was put in office via a democratic election? I get that a
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The order does not say that they don't have the right to fact check. It simply says that they don't have the right to fact check and enjoy section 230 immunity.
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No it's not. Twitter currently enjoys immunity from section 230 of the communication decency act. That protection requires that they are not editorializing content. Fact checking content is a form of editorializing. If you want to do t
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only if they stay neutral. This goes beyond that.
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Not surprising given the creaky state un-employment systems. I would not be surprised if bank account numbers are compromised as well.
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How about Loefflers as well.
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Not true. Google is one of the largest spenders of lobbying money in Washington.
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The H1B system along with the L1 and L2 and mostly labor arbitrage. Given the current employment situation, it should be since there are currently enough local workers given the state of the economy. The initial draft of the immigration pau
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by lgleason 6y ago
My mother went in for a fusion on her spine and came out with MRSA and died from it. In this case the cure was worse than the disease.
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by lgleason 7y ago
One of the early seed investors is close friends with the founders of Google. Needless to say it wasn't surprising when Google funneled a bunch of cash into it. After that, I'm sure it made it easier to get others to follow suit.
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by lgleason 7y ago
[edited for typos/grammar] The US was going to top up the strategic reserves, but that was stopped in congress. Seems like an ideal time to make that happen with such low prices. Irregardless of environmental concerns, nobody is at a p
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by lgleason 7y ago
China is not a resource region county for a lot of things it needs produce products either. That is why they import raw materials from places like Africa and are more than happy to help pave roads to make it easier to get things out.
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Factor in the cost of the pandemic, and the question becomes is it worth it for that cheap TV etc.?
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If that was truly the case it would be cheaper to have manufacturing locally, vs shipping things across the world from China.
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Unless that global government is dominated by Chinese communist government ideology or shows the same judgement as the WHO. Thanks but no thanks. At least with nation states you have some checks and balances. It's also way too much con
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Worse case, I'm wondering if the government could go nuclear and use the Defense Production Act. Last recession they got a massive bailout and really owe the country one IMHO. Given how many special deals these corporations have carved
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by lgleason 7y ago
While the government is shoveling money out the back of a truck right now to try to keep the economy afloat even they, IMHO rightly, have limits right now. This is to keep established businesses such as restaurants, small manufacturers etc.
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No big surprise. Given that retail was already in decline before this some of these jobs will probably not come back.
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I agree, things get heated when people start to moralize about things without considering the other side. On one hand, people affected by a death or very sick family member are going to feel one way, especially if they are not feeling a lot
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by lgleason 7y ago
So far, if the 3rd bill makes it into law, we will be at well over 2 trillion dollars trying to keep the economy from imploding. Many say that it won't be enough and we will be looking at more bills and A LOT more spending. Yearly mili
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by lgleason 7y ago
It would be interesting to see if sedentary lifestyle causes of death go up if the lockdowns are prolonged.
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It could also inform people to help them make decisions. IE: if they are more at risk they take more precautions and vise-versa.
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In the US, 33,000 people a year die in car accidents. That is an actual large number. But statistically there are other factors that determine the likelihood that you will be in that accident and for most statistically it is a low number, o
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by lgleason 7y ago
It may be inevitable either way. 100 years ago life expectancy was 46 years. Today it is well into the 70's. Before that, for most of human history that rate was much lower. Up until now, for the past 80 years (post antibiotics) the hu
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by lgleason 7y ago
Exactly. Many are the same outlets who also are happy to do the bidding of the Chinese government that has a horrible human rights record, be overtly political/partisan, shill for corporate interests over facts and the best interests o
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I completely agree with us being in a "post-truth" era. And both sides are responsible for this. You have everything from people denying basic biological science to everything else in between. To be fair, some people are aware of
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by lgleason 7y ago
I grew up in Western New York and have watched New York state policies and taxes decimate my home town. Needless to say I'm not a big fan of Cuomo. In a town that used to have oil, manufacturing etc. now the largest employer by far is
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by lgleason 7y ago
meanwhile the SBA is currently loaning money at 3.7 percent under the Coronavirus disaster relief initiative. Must be nice to get an almost interest free loan as a large company while use little people have to pay through the nose.

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