Latest Breaking News
In reply to the discussion: HILLARY CLINTON: The 'epidemic of malicious fake news' is a 'danger' that must be 'addressed quic [View all]xor
(1,204 posts)It is also a difficult line when it comes to determining what is considered harmful enough to be a candidate to be censored. Since any large site like facebook needs to have an army of people reviewing posts (even more if every post is reviewed), that means there needs to be some sort of clear cut rules for determining what is acceptable and what isn't. When I try to think of ways I would approach such a problem, I find it very difficult to come up with satisfactory ideas that would be effective.
And even if facebook/twitter/whatever did come up with a perfect solution to these problems, then something else will pop up to cater to them. In fact that's why there are several similar sites to facebook and twitter that have become popular among those types (gab.com ?I think?) So in those cases the only options would be to compel the hosting companies or ISPs providing internet connections to shut such sites down, but I don't see that being a viable or even ideal option.
I think the real problem is the people. Us. Why are people so willing to shutdown all critical thought? Is it stupidity? Pure hatred for "the other side"? Are we not teaching people how to think logically? I think we need to figure that out more than anything else. Everything else is just bandaid that doesn't address the real issue.