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[Cambridge Analytica], [Facebook], and Data Security.

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  • kimekime Queen of Blades Registered User regular
    HamHamJ wrote: »
    HamHamJ wrote: »
    Veevee wrote: »
    HamHamJ wrote: »
    HamHamJ wrote: »
    And Facebook is just dropping the pretense on being in bed with white supremacists:
    Facebook’s controversial factchecking program is partnering with the Daily Caller, a rightwing website that has pushed misinformation and is known for pro-Trump content.

    The social network said Wednesday it had added CheckYourFact.com, which is part of the Daily Caller, as one of its US media partners in an initiative that has faced growing backlash from journalists and internal problems. The collaboration was first reported by Axios.

    There is no way you can work with Tucker Carlson's empire and say that you are opposed to white supremacy.

    This exactly what you are asking for when you argue that social media shouldn't care about freedom of speech and should police speech more agressively so this really shouldn't be a surprise.

    I don't see where saying "hey, perhaps social media should not be enabling white supremacists" means "social media should jump in bed with white supremacists".

    So you just want your ideology to be the one in control of censoring social media?

    AngelHedgie's ideology is "I want everyone to know the truth", so yeah, I would want his ideology to be the one to control what is true or not. An ideology based upon hate of The Other can never ever be an impartial arbiter of truth.

    There is no such thing as an impartial arbiter of truth.

    Yes, we've heard all the arguments for free speech absolutism. It's just that, after seeing the damage that free speech absolutism causes, they ring hollow. It turns out that when you say that there are no restrictions, what winds up happening is that hate crowds out other voices, forcing them out through fear and intimidation.

    The alternative is that Facebook gets to decide what is real. Which is going to translate to what is in the interests of it's owners.

    I mean.... that's basically what's happening now with Facebook and these other media sites...

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  • CelestialBadgerCelestialBadger Registered User regular
    HamHamJ wrote: »
    HamHamJ wrote: »
    Veevee wrote: »
    HamHamJ wrote: »
    HamHamJ wrote: »
    And Facebook is just dropping the pretense on being in bed with white supremacists:
    Facebook’s controversial factchecking program is partnering with the Daily Caller, a rightwing website that has pushed misinformation and is known for pro-Trump content.

    The social network said Wednesday it had added CheckYourFact.com, which is part of the Daily Caller, as one of its US media partners in an initiative that has faced growing backlash from journalists and internal problems. The collaboration was first reported by Axios.

    There is no way you can work with Tucker Carlson's empire and say that you are opposed to white supremacy.

    This exactly what you are asking for when you argue that social media shouldn't care about freedom of speech and should police speech more agressively so this really shouldn't be a surprise.

    I don't see where saying "hey, perhaps social media should not be enabling white supremacists" means "social media should jump in bed with white supremacists".

    So you just want your ideology to be the one in control of censoring social media?

    AngelHedgie's ideology is "I want everyone to know the truth", so yeah, I would want his ideology to be the one to control what is true or not. An ideology based upon hate of The Other can never ever be an impartial arbiter of truth.

    There is no such thing as an impartial arbiter of truth.

    Yes, we've heard all the arguments for free speech absolutism. It's just that, after seeing the damage that free speech absolutism causes, they ring hollow. It turns out that when you say that there are no restrictions, what winds up happening is that hate crowds out other voices, forcing them out through fear and intimidation.

    The alternative is that Facebook gets to decide what is real. Which is going to translate to what is in the interests of it's owners.

    Usually it will be the interests of the establishment in its host country. So in Germany, holocaust denial will be verboten, and in China, the Tianamen Square massacre will be unable to be mentioned.

  • PaladinPaladin Registered User regular
    Facebook will always determine what's real until we develop our own democratic social network in which everybody maintains their own online presence and social network

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  • CouscousCouscous Registered User regular
    Paladin wrote: »
    Facebook will always determine what's real until we develop our own democratic social network in which everybody maintains their own online presence and social network

    Bring back personal websites!

  • JazzJazz Registered User regular
    Couscous wrote: »
    Paladin wrote: »
    Facebook will always determine what's real until we develop our own democratic social network in which everybody maintains their own online presence and social network

    Bring back personal websites!

    Bring back Geocities!

  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    Paladin wrote: »
    Facebook will always determine what's real until we develop our own democratic social network in which everybody maintains their own online presence and social network

    Or if there are laws passed that prohibit social media platforms from disseminating fake news as though ti was legitimate.

  • AngelHedgieAngelHedgie Registered User regular
    DarkPrimus wrote: »
    Paladin wrote: »
    Facebook will always determine what's real until we develop our own democratic social network in which everybody maintains their own online presence and social network

    Or if there are laws passed that prohibit social media platforms from disseminating fake news as though ti was legitimate.

    We literally just had Facebook refuse to take down outright slander.

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  • NyysjanNyysjan FinlandRegistered User regular
    DarkPrimus wrote: »
    Paladin wrote: »
    Facebook will always determine what's real until we develop our own democratic social network in which everybody maintains their own online presence and social network

    Or if there are laws passed that prohibit social media platforms from disseminating fake news as though ti was legitimate.

    We literally just had Facebook refuse to take down outright slander.

    Because they are not required to do so, or if law requires it, it is not forced in any real way.

  • AngelHedgieAngelHedgie Registered User regular
    Nyysjan wrote: »
    DarkPrimus wrote: »
    Paladin wrote: »
    Facebook will always determine what's real until we develop our own democratic social network in which everybody maintains their own online presence and social network

    Or if there are laws passed that prohibit social media platforms from disseminating fake news as though ti was legitimate.

    We literally just had Facebook refuse to take down outright slander.

    Because they are not required to do so, or if law requires it, it is not forced in any real way.

    Which is the whole problem - as I pointed out originally, the reason for this is because of Section 230's blanket indemnification.

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  • CelestialBadgerCelestialBadger Registered User regular
    DarkPrimus wrote: »
    Paladin wrote: »
    Facebook will always determine what's real until we develop our own democratic social network in which everybody maintains their own online presence and social network

    Or if there are laws passed that prohibit social media platforms from disseminating fake news as though ti was legitimate.

    This would conflict with the First Amendment.

  • PolaritiePolaritie Sleepy Registered User regular
    DarkPrimus wrote: »
    Paladin wrote: »
    Facebook will always determine what's real until we develop our own democratic social network in which everybody maintains their own online presence and social network

    Or if there are laws passed that prohibit social media platforms from disseminating fake news as though ti was legitimate.

    This would conflict with the First Amendment.

    Defamation is not protected speech, so...

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  • CelestialBadgerCelestialBadger Registered User regular
    Polaritie wrote: »
    DarkPrimus wrote: »
    Paladin wrote: »
    Facebook will always determine what's real until we develop our own democratic social network in which everybody maintains their own online presence and social network

    Or if there are laws passed that prohibit social media platforms from disseminating fake news as though ti was legitimate.

    This would conflict with the First Amendment.

    Defamation is not protected speech, so...

    I think it is, because usually American celebrities try to sue in the UK courts if someone tries to defame their character.

  • AngelHedgieAngelHedgie Registered User regular
    Polaritie wrote: »
    DarkPrimus wrote: »
    Paladin wrote: »
    Facebook will always determine what's real until we develop our own democratic social network in which everybody maintains their own online presence and social network

    Or if there are laws passed that prohibit social media platforms from disseminating fake news as though ti was legitimate.

    This would conflict with the First Amendment.

    Defamation is not protected speech, so...

    I think it is, because usually American celebrities try to sue in the UK courts if someone tries to defame their character.

    It's harder to sustain a defamation charge in the US than in the UK, but no, defamation is not protected here.

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  • HamHamJHamHamJ Registered User regular
    DarkPrimus wrote: »
    Paladin wrote: »
    Facebook will always determine what's real until we develop our own democratic social network in which everybody maintains their own online presence and social network

    Or if there are laws passed that prohibit social media platforms from disseminating fake news as though ti was legitimate.

    Which means the government gets to decide what is fake news. Tiananmen square? Fake news. Mueller investigation? Fake news. Russia invading the Ukraine? Fake news.

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  • CouscousCouscous Registered User regular
    In the case of what was originally called fake news, fake news consisted of hoaxes that the original writers invented. That is different from merely bad journalism like death panels or breathlessly reporting nonsense from a bad source.

  • PolaritiePolaritie Sleepy Registered User regular
    Polaritie wrote: »
    DarkPrimus wrote: »
    Paladin wrote: »
    Facebook will always determine what's real until we develop our own democratic social network in which everybody maintains their own online presence and social network

    Or if there are laws passed that prohibit social media platforms from disseminating fake news as though ti was legitimate.

    This would conflict with the First Amendment.

    Defamation is not protected speech, so...

    I think it is, because usually American celebrities try to sue in the UK courts if someone tries to defame their character.

    It's harder to sustain a defamation charge in the US than in the UK, but no, defamation is not protected here.

    It's nearly impossible, because you have to show they knew it was false when they said it to get damages.

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  • honoverehonovere Registered User regular
    Youtube apparently took the video down because they said the video violates their policies. So it's not like there isn't a different way to Facebook and Twitter in this case.

  • JaysonFourJaysonFour Classy Monster Kitteh Registered User regular
    We tried free-speech absolutism; the experiment was a massive failure because humans can't be trusted with that kind of power. Not nipping these kinds of things in the bud and making them illegal got us to where we are today: a literal nazi orange manchild in the White House and a bunch of anti-semitism and hatred everywhere. A literal anti-semite is one of the top channels in the world on YouTube. And the corporations in charge of said social media companies are more in love with their profits and their shareholders and stock prices than what they should be doing ethically.

    We tried free-speech absolutism. The Germans made this kind of shit illegal. Tell me, which country has the massive resurgence of anti-semitism and white supremacy and which doesn't?

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  • RchanenRchanen Registered User regular
    JaysonFour wrote: »
    We tried free-speech absolutism; the experiment was a massive failure because humans can't be trusted with that kind of power. Not nipping these kinds of things in the bud and making them illegal got us to where we are today: a literal nazi orange manchild in the White House and a bunch of anti-semitism and hatred everywhere. A literal anti-semite is one of the top channels in the world on YouTube. And the corporations in charge of said social media companies are more in love with their profits and their shareholders and stock prices than what they should be doing ethically.

    We tried free-speech absolutism. The Germans made this kind of shit illegal. Tell me, which country has the massive resurgence of anti-semitism and white supremacy and which doesn't?

    At this point both! AFD ahoy!

  • HamHamJHamHamJ Registered User regular
    JaysonFour wrote: »
    We tried free-speech absolutism; the experiment was a massive failure because humans can't be trusted with that kind of power.

    But you will trust an unaccountable cabal of people to decide what is and is not acceptable speech?

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  • kimekime Queen of Blades Registered User regular
    HamHamJ wrote: »
    JaysonFour wrote: »
    We tried free-speech absolutism; the experiment was a massive failure because humans can't be trusted with that kind of power.

    But you will trust an unaccountable cabal of people to decide what is and is not acceptable speech?

    You mean like what already happens now where corporations decide?

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  • RchanenRchanen Registered User regular
    HamHamJ wrote: »
    JaysonFour wrote: »
    We tried free-speech absolutism; the experiment was a massive failure because humans can't be trusted with that kind of power.

    But you will trust an unaccountable cabal of people to decide what is and is not acceptable speech?

    Hey I have a good feeling about this Mysterious unaccountable cabal!

  • HamHamJHamHamJ Registered User regular
    kime wrote: »
    HamHamJ wrote: »
    JaysonFour wrote: »
    We tried free-speech absolutism; the experiment was a massive failure because humans can't be trusted with that kind of power.

    But you will trust an unaccountable cabal of people to decide what is and is not acceptable speech?

    You mean like what already happens now where corporations decide?

    In the days when Facebook etc all were doing basically no moderation they clearly were not deciding.

    While racing light mechs, your Urbanmech comes in second place, but only because it ran out of ammo.
  • AngelHedgieAngelHedgie Registered User regular
    HamHamJ wrote: »
    kime wrote: »
    HamHamJ wrote: »
    JaysonFour wrote: »
    We tried free-speech absolutism; the experiment was a massive failure because humans can't be trusted with that kind of power.

    But you will trust an unaccountable cabal of people to decide what is and is not acceptable speech?

    You mean like what already happens now where corporations decide?

    In the days when Facebook etc all were doing basically no moderation they clearly were not deciding.

    Except that they were - they were deciding to back the status quo, to back those with power.

    This is the other reason that free speech absolutism doesn't work - it tries to argue that it's neutral, but it isn't.

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  • HamHamJHamHamJ Registered User regular
    HamHamJ wrote: »
    kime wrote: »
    HamHamJ wrote: »
    JaysonFour wrote: »
    We tried free-speech absolutism; the experiment was a massive failure because humans can't be trusted with that kind of power.

    But you will trust an unaccountable cabal of people to decide what is and is not acceptable speech?

    You mean like what already happens now where corporations decide?

    In the days when Facebook etc all were doing basically no moderation they clearly were not deciding.

    Except that they were - they were deciding to back the status quo, to back those with power.

    This is the other reason that free speech absolutism doesn't work - it tries to argue that it's neutral, but it isn't.

    And now they can back those in power even harder without having to answer calls about freedom of speech. This is an improvement how?

    While racing light mechs, your Urbanmech comes in second place, but only because it ran out of ammo.
  • mrondeaumrondeau Montréal, CanadaRegistered User regular
    edited May 2019
    HamHamJ wrote: »
    HamHamJ wrote: »
    kime wrote: »
    HamHamJ wrote: »
    JaysonFour wrote: »
    We tried free-speech absolutism; the experiment was a massive failure because humans can't be trusted with that kind of power.

    But you will trust an unaccountable cabal of people to decide what is and is not acceptable speech?

    You mean like what already happens now where corporations decide?

    In the days when Facebook etc all were doing basically no moderation they clearly were not deciding.

    Except that they were - they were deciding to back the status quo, to back those with power.

    This is the other reason that free speech absolutism doesn't work - it tries to argue that it's neutral, but it isn't.

    And now they can back those in power even harder without having to answer calls about freedom of speech. This is an improvement how?
    Yes, Facebook promoting hate speech is not an improvement over Facebook promoting hate speech. We know.

    That's why hate speech laws are useful: they don't allow hate speech. That's kinda the point.

    PS:
    And I'm going to add the usual "hate speech laws are not radical. Point to places were they lead to the horrors you are expecting from hate speech laws that are not already authoritarian nightmares."

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  • discriderdiscrider Registered User regular
    HamHamJ wrote: »
    kime wrote: »
    HamHamJ wrote: »
    JaysonFour wrote: »
    We tried free-speech absolutism; the experiment was a massive failure because humans can't be trusted with that kind of power.

    But you will trust an unaccountable cabal of people to decide what is and is not acceptable speech?

    You mean like what already happens now where corporations decide?

    In the days when Facebook etc all were doing basically no moderation they clearly were not deciding.

    Actually, they were.
    It was moderation based on volume of complaints.
    And this was then quickly weaponised by organised bands of harassers.

    So we tried 'no' moderation, and it was expressly harmful.

  • JaysonFourJaysonFour Classy Monster Kitteh Registered User regular
    The whole problem was they wanted to maximize profits by keeping as many people out of the process as possible, so they were using programs to handle it, and once people found how to game them, that's when this whole thing really went to hell.

    Effective moderation requires actual people to be effective without being turned into another tool of abuse.

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  • AngelHedgieAngelHedgie Registered User regular
    And Pelosi is calling out Facebook on their gooseshit:
    The Speaker of the House publicly castigated Facebook on Wednesday for both enabling Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and its refusal to take down a video of the congresswoman that was edited to make it appear she was drunk.

    Pelosi didn't even come close to pulling her punches, arguing in an interview with KQED that the Mark Zuckerberg-helmed behemoth wasn't just an innocent victim of a foreign campaign to spread disinformation — rather, it happily played along.

    "I think they have proven that they were willing enablers of the Russian interference in our election," Pelosi said, according to Scott Shafer, a senior editor at KQED. "They're lying to the public."

    She also pointed out that if the video was about Zuckerberg, the response would be very different:


    "They are lying to the public, I wonder what they would do if Mark Zuckerberg was portrayed -- slowed down, appeared drunk - I don't even drink ... but if it was one of their own, would it be their policy, or is it just a woman?"

    Marisa Lagos is a reporter for KQED.

    And in other Facebook thumbing its nose at governments news, Zuckerberg and Sandberg tell Canada to go fuck itself:
    Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg did not attend a hearing in Ottawa on Tuesday, despite receiving summonses from the Canadian parliament.

    The decision could result in the executives being held in contempt of parliament, the senior Canadian politician who sent the summons told CNN. The last time a member of the public was held in contempt by the parliament was 1913, according to the legislature's records.
    Facebook instead sent two representatives from its public policy team to the hearing, which was tied to a gathering of an international committee examining Silicon Valley's impact on privacy and democracy.

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  • Descendant XDescendant X Skyrim is my god now. Outpost 31Registered User regular
    edited May 2019
    Descendant X on
    Garry: I know you gentlemen have been through a lot, but when you find the time I'd rather not spend the rest of the winter TIED TO THIS FUCKING COUCH!
  • AngelHedgieAngelHedgie Registered User regular

    You know, when someone makes the argument that demanding that defamatory material be removed is censorship in earnest, you have to wonder how they lost the plot so badly.

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  • Descendant XDescendant X Skyrim is my god now. Outpost 31Registered User regular
    edited May 2019
    It is from the National Post so I’m expecting that Terence Corcoran, the homunculus who write the article, regularly had to wipe the rabid spittle from his monitor as he was writing it.

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  • HamHamJHamHamJ Registered User regular
    I'm sure Facebook will make the determination between defamation and satire in a fair and objective manner.

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  • AngelHedgieAngelHedgie Registered User regular
    HamHamJ wrote: »
    I'm sure Facebook will make the determination between defamation and satire in a fair and objective manner.

    So tell me - should Facebook not remove blatantly defamatory material? Because that is actually what is going on at the moment - they are refusing to remove a clearly faked video of Pelosi that was posted with the intent to defame her.

    Also, if your satire reads as defamation, then it's shitty satire.

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  • HappylilElfHappylilElf Registered User regular
    HamHamJ wrote: »
    I'm sure Facebook will make the determination between defamation and satire in a fair and objective manner.

    So tell me - should Facebook not remove blatantly defamatory material? Because that is actually what is going on at the moment - they are refusing to remove a clearly faked video of Pelosi that was posted with the intent to defame her.

    Also, if your satire reads as defamation, then it's shitty satire.

    I think your sarcastometer may need calibration AH

  • discriderdiscrider Registered User regular
    HamHamJ wrote: »
    I'm sure Facebook will make the determination between defamation and satire in a fair and objective manner.

    So tell me - should Facebook not remove blatantly defamatory material? Because that is actually what is going on at the moment - they are refusing to remove a clearly faked video of Pelosi that was posted with the intent to defame her.

    Also, if your satire reads as defamation, then it's shitty satire.

    I think your sarcastometer may need calibration AH

    Nah.
    If HamHam didn't mean to get free-speech-absolutionist this time, he should have clarified.

  • daveNYCdaveNYC Why universe hate Waspinator? Registered User regular
    Played straight or sarcastic it’s still a good point. This is Facebook we’re talking about, their history of judgement calls isn’t great.

    Shut up, Mr. Burton! You were not brought upon this world to get it!
  • NyysjanNyysjan FinlandRegistered User regular
    daveNYC wrote: »
    Played straight or sarcastic it’s still a good point. This is Facebook we’re talking about, their history of judgement calls isn’t great.

    Therefore we should not ask them to even try and just accept free speech absolutism that pretty much always favors fascists and liars?

  • daveNYCdaveNYC Why universe hate Waspinator? Registered User regular
    Nyysjan wrote: »
    daveNYC wrote: »
    Played straight or sarcastic it’s still a good point. This is Facebook we’re talking about, their history of judgement calls isn’t great.

    Therefore we should not ask them to even try and just accept free speech absolutism that pretty much always favors fascists and liars?

    Pretty sure that’s exactly what I said you goose.

    Shut up, Mr. Burton! You were not brought upon this world to get it!
  • NyysjanNyysjan FinlandRegistered User regular
    daveNYC wrote: »
    Nyysjan wrote: »
    daveNYC wrote: »
    Played straight or sarcastic it’s still a good point. This is Facebook we’re talking about, their history of judgement calls isn’t great.

    Therefore we should not ask them to even try and just accept free speech absolutism that pretty much always favors fascists and liars?

    Pretty sure that’s exactly what I said you goose.
    Well, i'm going to disagree.
    Just accepting the status quo is not the answer.

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