I don't know why people think repealing this will help things. From the right-wing perspective, where they feverishly imagine they are being censored, it would obviously make twitter/facebook/etc... completely clamp down on anything even vaguely libelous/slanderous/dangerous. It would increase, not decrease, censorship.
From the left wing, they may be happy with less disinformation and "harassment", but they will be sad when their own disinformation and harassment is also blocked.
It's just bizarre to me as an old fogey remembering in the 90's when nerds were 100% scared to death of the govt stepping in to regulate things, now because of politics people on both sides are begging for them to do it.
It's not bizarre at all. If regulation has to be had, you want it to be sensible. I don't LIKE paying taxes, but if I have to, I want it done in an intelligent way. I don't LIKE social distancing laws, but if I have to wear a mask and can't travel to other states during this spike, I want it enforced intelligently so I'm not wasting my time. The tech companies realize that self-regulation is not cutting it, so it's better to write regulations they can live with rather than letting the idiots in congress
It's funny because the lady flying to S Africa did not make a racist joke. She made a commentary on how privileged she was and how little we think about people in third world countries. But because of precisely the thing you mention, dumb people incapable of basic nuance, she was fired. I guess poor judgement was true, she vastly overestimated people's cognitive abilities.
I'm not arguing for no regulation. I'm talking about the real goal here. To the right wing, they want free rein to publish whatever crack
So which is it, do we force companies to censor the shit out of everything (left wing desire) or do we force the companies to not censor anything (right wing desire)?
The Right Wing has a very very very long of censoring people, mostly for any content that portrayed homosexuality in a positive light. Don't you remember the 90s? It wasn't liberals writing angry letters to NBC because they aired comedies with gay characters. Some libertarians advocate for no censorship, but conservatives have been more than happy to legislate morality for fucking centuries. They're kind of known for it. Also, liberals are less about censorship and more canceling...something they learn
The conservatives had the right idea in the 90's. The world has become a perverse, polluted, depraved shit-hole for the loss of morality. I remember the 90's quite well, and they were paradise compared to this.
CDA 230.. (Score:2)
I don't know why people think repealing this will help things. From the right-wing perspective, where they feverishly imagine they are being censored, it would obviously make twitter/facebook/etc... completely clamp down on anything even vaguely libelous/slanderous/dangerous. It would increase, not decrease, censorship.
From the left wing, they may be happy with less disinformation and "harassment", but they will be sad when their own disinformation and harassment is also blocked.
It also raises a constitutio
We want the right regulation (Score:5, Insightful)
It's just bizarre to me as an old fogey remembering in the 90's when nerds were 100% scared to death of the govt stepping in to regulate things, now because of politics people on both sides are begging for them to do it.
It's not bizarre at all. If regulation has to be had, you want it to be sensible. I don't LIKE paying taxes, but if I have to, I want it done in an intelligent way. I don't LIKE social distancing laws, but if I have to wear a mask and can't travel to other states during this spike, I want it enforced intelligently so I'm not wasting my time. The tech companies realize that self-regulation is not cutting it, so it's better to write regulations they can live with rather than letting the idiots in congress
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It's funny because the lady flying to S Africa did not make a racist joke. She made a commentary on how privileged she was and how little we think about people in third world countries. But because of precisely the thing you mention, dumb people incapable of basic nuance, she was fired. I guess poor judgement was true, she vastly overestimated people's cognitive abilities.
I'm not arguing for no regulation. I'm talking about the real goal here. To the right wing, they want free rein to publish whatever crack
Right winger censor quite a bit, buddy (Score:3)
So which is it, do we force companies to censor the shit out of everything (left wing desire) or do we force the companies to not censor anything (right wing desire)?
The Right Wing has a very very very long of censoring people, mostly for any content that portrayed homosexuality in a positive light. Don't you remember the 90s? It wasn't liberals writing angry letters to NBC because they aired comedies with gay characters. Some libertarians advocate for no censorship, but conservatives have been more than happy to legislate morality for fucking centuries. They're kind of known for it. Also, liberals are less about censorship and more canceling...something they learn
Re:Right winger censor quite a bit, buddy (Score:1)
The conservatives had the right idea in the 90's. The world has become a perverse, polluted, depraved shit-hole for the loss of morality. I remember the 90's quite well, and they were paradise compared to this.