good thing this isn't about free speech, this is about companies using algorithms to give a handful of "people" more engagement than the average poster on any given social media website. like, you can can still have troll farms, they just wouldn't have the website's tacit endorsement to get more eyes on their content. that's the issue here not your belly aching over the first amendment.
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that's your argument, not mine. I am in no way shape or form obligated to address it.
MMO-Champ the place where calling out trolls get you into more trouble than trolling.
Cause that is what OP made it about. It's about Troll farms being able to push lies and deceit.
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So all lies are libel? Are you sure about that? Isn't libel also VERY VERY hard to prove in court which is why you hardly ever hear about it being sued for?
Not to mention libel is mostly civil not criminal.
MMO-Champ the place where calling out trolls get you into more trouble than trolling.
lol which is exactly what I've been talking about, pay attention for once instead getting so triggered over the topic of government regulations.
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and this is how I think we deal with the problem without it becoming an issue of free speech. crazy huh?
I have never talked about the first amendment beyond responding to people saying "this isn't a free speech issue". it's one where companies with a profit motive use algorithms meant to get engagement being exploited by troll farms. now, they're free to get rid of those algorithms on their own, which they won't seeing as that would hurt their bottom line. so, how do you get rid of the profit motive that justifies the use of these algorithms that are exploited by people spreading misinformation???? you get rid of the profit motive all together.
We're talking about speech, and government controlling it.
That makes it a First Amendment issue, whether you like it, or not.
As was pointed out, that will likely not solve your problem, because that just creates government-controlled social media. We've seen how this plays out, and it sure as shit doesn't get rid of the troll farms and the bullshit propaganda. China and Russia can attest to this. I know you don't want to talk abut them, but that is the nonsense you are calling for.
Of course, if you disagree, please cite how your solution wouldn't be like those countries, or how this isn't about the government limiting the First Amendment... which you admit you don't even understand. So, how is social media controlled in your country?
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who says they have to curtail anything??? that's just you assuming that's the only solution to the problem. like, I keep explaining that if you get rid of these algorithms that make it so misinformation gets spread then that also means you have to figure out how these websites are going to generate the revenue to stay open. IT'S AN ISSUE OF MONEY. if there was some magical way for these social media companies to not use ad revenue then I'd go with that one! but it doesn't exist! sooooooo who or what else exists that can shoulder the burden????
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