I've seen this argument so many times. I like something, so we have to make a law to force it to exist. Or, I don't like something, so we have to make a law to make it illegal.
Unless there is a monopoly, and social networks certainly aren't one, there's no reason to force them to do anything.
So why are we forcing social networks to do a lot of things already today: We force them to remove illegal content, remove content that is not suited for minors, moderate content that is traumatic, protect people's privacy etc?
I don't really understand? Is your point that we should not be doing this as well? Is your fear that the state of California will moderate Twitter?
Not the person you’re replying to, but: Is this supposed to be some kind of contradiction? There are a lot of things I think should exist but don’t want there to be laws enforcing that fact.
No, I'm trying to understand what OP's position is?
> There are a lot of things I think should exist but don’t want there to be laws enforcing that fact.
Can you give some examples? I can't think of a single social network that is not moderated, even 4Chan is to some extent. Maybe on the darknet? But even then moderation exists I assume.
So it seems clear to me that there should be some minimum standard in moderation, which should be enforceable.
It's kind of ironic that we discuss this on a heavily moderated platform, which is both moderated by a centralised authority as well as the users themselves.
jiofj|2 years ago
I've seen this argument so many times. I like something, so we have to make a law to force it to exist. Or, I don't like something, so we have to make a law to make it illegal.
Unless there is a monopoly, and social networks certainly aren't one, there's no reason to force them to do anything.
Pyramus|2 years ago
So why are we forcing social networks to do a lot of things already today: We force them to remove illegal content, remove content that is not suited for minors, moderate content that is traumatic, protect people's privacy etc?
I don't really understand? Is your point that we should not be doing this as well? Is your fear that the state of California will moderate Twitter?
unknown|2 years ago
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keiferski|2 years ago
Pyramus|2 years ago
> There are a lot of things I think should exist but don’t want there to be laws enforcing that fact.
Can you give some examples? I can't think of a single social network that is not moderated, even 4Chan is to some extent. Maybe on the darknet? But even then moderation exists I assume.
So it seems clear to me that there should be some minimum standard in moderation, which should be enforceable.
It's kind of ironic that we discuss this on a heavily moderated platform, which is both moderated by a centralised authority as well as the users themselves.
redox99|2 years ago