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Elon Musk takes over Twitter

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Alma, Apr 25, 2022.

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  1. DanielSimpsonDay

    DanielSimpsonDay Well-Known Member

    picking up where matt taibbi left off
     
    DanielSimpsonDay, Aug 27, 2024
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  2. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    oof
     
    Azrael, Aug 27, 2024
    #3146
  3. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    It’s a private business.
     
    Inky_Wretch, Aug 27, 2024
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  4. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    Which is why government officials shouldn't be pressuring it with regard to anything that comes close to a free speech issue, if that happened (and it did by more accounts than this). It's even more problematic maybe than past things like this, because our government has taken more power over time to reward and punish businesses with "regulation" and administrative actions that have real teeth because of that power they can lord over a private enterprise to get them to do what they want.
     
    The Big Ragu, Aug 27, 2024
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  5. BTExpress

    BTExpress Well-Known Member

    Facebook: "There are no WMDs in Iraq."
    Government: CENSORED.

    Facebook: "Government is spying on private citizens."
    Government: CENSORED.

    If Trump wins, HIS minions will decide what is or isn't "misinformation."

    No thanks.
     
    Last edited: Aug 27, 2024
    BTExpress, Aug 27, 2024
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  6. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    Totally agree with you on this. The ends justify the means for people when it's something coercive that forces what THEY think is good on others. This has happened continually over the last century in this country.

    But the barn door we've opened by allowing that, means that the next guy in power can use it in ways they don't like. It's always wild to me that without any sense of irony, the same people who were all good wiht playing fast and loose with civil liberties or taking shortcuts (like using the judiciary like a legislature) to achieve things they thought were righteous, suddenly find religion about the means when the same action is being used by a Donald Trump to do what he wants.
     
    The Big Ragu, Aug 27, 2024
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  7. Justin_Rice

    Justin_Rice Well-Known Member

    I agree it's a difficult conversation.

    Yet the answer to, "EVERYONE IS TELLING ME ON FACEBOOK TO EAT HORSE PASTE!" surely can't be, "Oh well. We're the Government. I guess we have to sit on the sidelines and let the Ivermectin flow while our hospitals are filling up."
     
    Justin_Rice, Aug 27, 2024
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  8. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    If Facebook wants to make people happy they'll crack down on the AI spambots. The new thing is if you comment or even "Like" a post by, say, SI or the NYT, then a spammer will harvest all those names, tag them in a post with a link to a porn video with malware embedded in it. Facebook's own AI used for determining if posts violate FB's rules are behind the curve, so if you report that post for spam then FB says "Nah, it's cool."
     
    Inky_Wretch, Aug 27, 2024
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  9. Alma

    Alma Well-Known Member

    Everyone?
     
    Alma, Aug 27, 2024
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  10. Justin_Rice

    Justin_Rice Well-Known Member

    Yes. Everyone. I for sure meant literally everyone. Every person you know.

    Everyone.
     
    Justin_Rice, Aug 27, 2024
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  11. Alma

    Alma Well-Known Member

    When The Good People do it, it's in the name of battling misinformation and disinformation.
     
    Alma, Aug 27, 2024
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  12. Alma

    Alma Well-Known Member

    Mass quantities matter, though, in speech suppression efforts, don't they?

    Every college town in America has its set of fools spinning conspiracy tales.
     
    Alma, Aug 27, 2024
    #3156
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