So when Stormfront [wikipedia.org] was blackholed many people, myself included, pointed that it won't stop there. When they went after Gab [wikipedia.org] it became a clear pattern. Now Silicon Valley is attempting to destroy Parler.
Democracy cannot exist when a set of unelected and unaccountable technocrats are deciding who gets to have modern communications and what ideas get to be heard.
The assholes on Parler have been openly plotting to kill people and stage another coup. This is not a question of Democracy.
I don't think you understand how Internet works. There are X doing Y everywhere on the Internet for any value of X and Y. To demonstrate - there are pedophiles sharing kid porn via Gmail. It is absolutely unrealistic to expect to stop every instance of bad behaviour. Twitter doesn't come anywhere close to that. Why is Parler is expected to solve this problem?
It is absolutely unrealistic to expect to stop every instance of bad behaviour. Twitter doesn't come anywhere close to that. Why is Parler is expected to solve this problem?
I saw what you did there. Twitter takes steps to control 'bad behaviour' and it doesn't always succeed. But you object to Parler supposedly being held to a different standard when it basically does nothing at all. There's a reason the 'deplorables' are flocking to it.
Parler also takes steps to control bad behavior. Here is direct quote from Parler's terms of services:
Any content that you post to the Services must satisfy all of the following criteria, and you affirm that any content posted, submitted, or otherwise provided by you to the Services satisfies these criteria:
4.1 You have the legal right to post the content to the Services.
4.2 The content and the purpose for posting it complies with all laws, rules, and regulations that may apply
-1 Troll. Parler does *not* take steps to control bad behavior. If you read the letter from Apple, it is *not* a form letter like a small app would get. It is personalized and includes quotes from the Parleor CEO about how Parleor is "not responsible" for things that, well, you have to be responsible for if you want to bein the app store.
Precedent is reinforced by Amazon (Score:4, Insightful)
Democracy cannot exist when a set of unelected and unaccountable technocrats are deciding who gets to have modern communications and what ideas get to be heard.
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Democracy also can't exist when you allow a group who wants to kill everyone who doesn't agree with their viewpoint.
The assholes on Parler have been openly plotting to kill people and stage another coup. This is not a question of Democracy.
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The assholes on Parler have been openly plotting to kill people and stage another coup. This is not a question of Democracy.
I don't think you understand how Internet works. There are X doing Y everywhere on the Internet for any value of X and Y. To demonstrate - there are pedophiles sharing kid porn via Gmail. It is absolutely unrealistic to expect to stop every instance of bad behaviour. Twitter doesn't come anywhere close to that. Why is Parler is expected to solve this problem?
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It is absolutely unrealistic to expect to stop every instance of bad behaviour. Twitter doesn't come anywhere close to that. Why is Parler is expected to solve this problem?
I saw what you did there. Twitter takes steps to control 'bad behaviour' and it doesn't always succeed. But you object to Parler supposedly being held to a different standard when it basically does nothing at all. There's a reason the 'deplorables' are flocking to it.
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As "plotting to kill people"
Re:Precedent is reinforced by Amazon (Score:3, Informative)