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0 pointsBarrin926y ago0 comments

Okay, but how is that our problem? If your company can't exist without pouring lead into the river it doesn't exist. That's exactly what I'm asking, why are internet platforms supposed to let Frankenstein's monster lose on the world and we are supposed to deal with the consequences?

If a scientist can't guarantee that their scientific experiments comply with the safety standards we demand of them they can't do them.

Not to mention of course that internet platforms do exist that handle individual content reliably, they're just smaller and don't collect the economic rents that Facebook does.

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loktarogar6y ago

> Not to mention of course that internet platforms do exist that handle individual content reliably

I'm not talking about whether they can or not. The case that makes them unable to exist is when one single item slips past their moderation net. If they're liable, that's the end of them.

Sure I want them held to a higher standard as well, but they will not be able to exist at all if they were liable for user content. None of them. The ones that are moderating successfully and the ones that aren't. User content sites will have too much liability to be able to run. That's the end of social media - for everyone.

michaelmrose6y ago

Can't you just not let your kids use the internet if it's that bad?

If lots of people feel like you can't they just have their own network without blackjack or hookers.

Call it the ckeanernet and allow selective content like Wikipedia from the broader internet.

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