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My son (a good MAGA hat wearing, gun-toting high school senior) is writing his final paper of his high school career. He selected the topic:
"Free speech and social media: do social media platforms have an obligation to limit hate speech and false information?"
It's easy to say yes, but then who gets to decide what constitutes hate speech? And who gets to decide what is false? Recent events are rife with victim mentality forming the basis for claims of hate speech, not to mention the two years of fake news and ongoing political upheaval, bordering on treason. The measuring stick for hate speech seems to be who is offended, not if the statement was offensive. Kinda like sexual harassment, it's in the eye of the beholder, which is crap.
When we talked about his approach he brought up getting kicked off ifish, which was germane to the topic. The mods had an agenda and I wasn't on it, so whatever I said got filtered through their bias and bingo, violation of the acceptable use policy. Except that with Facebook, their version of social media actually has the power to influence our culture. So the people who get to decide what is hate and what is false are in charge of what you read and see.
So what are your perspectives on this issue?
P
"Free speech and social media: do social media platforms have an obligation to limit hate speech and false information?"
It's easy to say yes, but then who gets to decide what constitutes hate speech? And who gets to decide what is false? Recent events are rife with victim mentality forming the basis for claims of hate speech, not to mention the two years of fake news and ongoing political upheaval, bordering on treason. The measuring stick for hate speech seems to be who is offended, not if the statement was offensive. Kinda like sexual harassment, it's in the eye of the beholder, which is crap.
When we talked about his approach he brought up getting kicked off ifish, which was germane to the topic. The mods had an agenda and I wasn't on it, so whatever I said got filtered through their bias and bingo, violation of the acceptable use policy. Except that with Facebook, their version of social media actually has the power to influence our culture. So the people who get to decide what is hate and what is false are in charge of what you read and see.
So what are your perspectives on this issue?
P