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EU Threatens Twitter And Facebook With Possible 'Hate Speech' Laws (gizmodo.com)
An anonymous reader quotes Gizmodo:
On Sunday, the European Commission warned Facebook, Twitter, Google, YouTube and Microsoft that if the companies do not address their hate speech problems, the EU will enact legislation that will force them to do so. In May, those five companies voluntarily signed a code of conduct to fight illegal hate speech on their platforms within 24 hours... But on Sunday, the European Commission revealed that the companies were not complying with this code in a satisfactory manner.
"In practice the companies take longer and do not yet achieve this goal. They only reviewed 40 percent of the recorded cases in less than 24 hours," a Commission official told Reuters. The Commission's report found that YouTube responded to reports of harassment the fastest, and unsurprisingly, Twitter found itself in last place. "If Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and Microsoft want to convince me and the ministers that the non-legislative approach can work, they will have to act quickly and make a strong effort in the coming months," Jourova told the Financial Times on Sunday.
"In practice the companies take longer and do not yet achieve this goal. They only reviewed 40 percent of the recorded cases in less than 24 hours," a Commission official told Reuters. The Commission's report found that YouTube responded to reports of harassment the fastest, and unsurprisingly, Twitter found itself in last place. "If Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and Microsoft want to convince me and the ministers that the non-legislative approach can work, they will have to act quickly and make a strong effort in the coming months," Jourova told the Financial Times on Sunday.
If these companies even tried to end "hate speech" or whatever nebulous crime where a specific group of pigs are more equal than another group of pigs, we will see the end of these platforms and companies full sail.
I personally feel that Twitter will be first. They will probably ban Donald Trump's twitter account for some pointless reason. After a day or two of silence, he'll re-emerge on a platform like Gab and not be encumbered by these stupid rules. The second Twitter fractures like this will be their death.
Looking forward to see what the future holds.
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That's just flat out wrong, because people love to listen to, and repeat what they want to believe. People love simple "solutions" and "explanations", no matter how inane or retarded they are when they scrutinized. And boy, do the RWNJs have simple "explanations" and "solutions"...
Just look at yourself. I could argue with you, and show you example after example of how "free speech" can be incredibly dangerous and harmful, how it can poison the mind of even those who think themselves immune... And it would make absolutely no difference, because either you've made up your mind and are utterly incapable of seeing where things go off the rails, or you're one of those who use "free speech" as a cover to spread your racist poison.
"Free speech" is a great power, but as we all know, with great power comes great responsibility, but you don't want that. You just want the power.
Obama's successor is the best proof of white privilege.
That has been the argument of racists since Jesse Owens won four gold medals in Berlin, 1936 and shattered the notion of white superiority. Well done.
You are welcome on my lawn.
You miss my point. Here's a thought experiment. Imagine a black candidate, even a very conservative one, if a tape were to come out of him saying he could grab women by the pussy. Do you think he would have been cut slack by the people who voted for Donald Trump? Do you think his candidacy would have lasted one day after that tape became public?
That's white privilege.
I think we're done here.
You are welcome on my lawn.