Robert ReichMeta will allow political ads that claim the 2020 election was stolen.
YouTube will no longer remove videos making similar claims.
Monetizing lies has become a big business in America. It’s one of the core challenges to democracy.
WeaselA society that permits freedom of lies is guaranteed to poison itself.
Puma@weaselx86 @rbreich A society that allows a central authority to dictate truth and bans dissent from also doesn't do too well.
craftycat@puma0 @weaselx86 @rbreich Yes, this is why ISIS propaganda is allowed in USian schools, right? Because why would anyone be able to go "you know, maybe we don't need to platform terrorists" without "dictating truth"?
@craftycat @weaselx86 @rbreich
(2) not to mention, dictating truth can escilate quickly. It can go from banning ISIS propaganda to banning protesting the treatment of Palestines in the blink of an eye as parts of Europe are finding out now.
(2) not to mention, dictating truth can escilate quickly. It can go from banning ISIS propaganda to banning protesting the treatment of Palestines in the blink of an eye as parts of Europe are finding out now.
@puma0 @weaselx86 @rbreich Also, you're absolutely delusional if you think that not platforming terrorists is "dictating truth", get your fascism outta my mentions and go back to twitter. 👍
@craftycat @weaselx86 @rbreich
We were talking society just a moment ago. Not jast social media.
Also, yes, the fascist idea of open debate. Oh wait, that's exactly the opposite of fascism.
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@puma0 @craftycat @rbreich
We were talking about lies just a moment ago, not open debate.
A lie is not merely being wrong; it is intentional deceit by someone who knows what he says is false.
It is not always possible to prove the difference, but it often is. Juries can figure that out.
@weaselx86
Maybe coming at this from slightly different angles, but I was originally speaking about a central authority deciding what is and isn't a lie (and thus what cannot be debated). Mentioned above, with IDF/Hamas/Palestine what is "lies" is being already being decided e.g governments or twitter. With governments disagreeing is actually becoming illegal (e.g crackdown on Palestine but not pro IDF protests). Once authority decides on clear stuff, they like seem to pivot to everything fast.
Maybe coming at this from slightly different angles, but I was originally speaking about a central authority deciding what is and isn't a lie (and thus what cannot be debated). Mentioned above, with IDF/Hamas/Palestine what is "lies" is being already being decided e.g governments or twitter. With governments disagreeing is actually becoming illegal (e.g crackdown on Palestine but not pro IDF protests). Once authority decides on clear stuff, they like seem to pivot to everything fast.
@puma0
I didn't suggest any such central authority of Truth as an appropriate solution. I merely pointed out that what we have now is poisonous to society.
I didn't suggest any such central authority of Truth as an appropriate solution. I merely pointed out that what we have now is poisonous to society.