As Elon Musk Promotes Far-Right German Party, EU Politicians Suggest Shutting Off X's Algorithm
As Elon Musk Promotes Far-Right German Party, EU Politicians Suggest Shutting Off X's Algorithm
The online war between America's worst billionaire and Europe continues to escalate.
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The government is allowed to mess with cokes recipe because we don't want it to be too bad for people's health. I don't see why we shouldn't mess with algorithms to protect our personal and national health
We do, but it's a lot more difficult to enforce. We can't just grab a tweet, open the bottle and check how much sugar is in there
Hmmm, maybe if that bottle of sugar is undermining democracy it shouldn't be allowed. A democracy needs to protect itself from itself
Democracy needs to protect free speech. Part of that is keeping the information "playground" equal and fair. Fighting disinformation and protecting access to the press is important for that.
A well informed population is vital to prevent the masses from being dragged along by some rich guy just buying a common social media platform
100%, that's always been the case since the printing press was invented, but at some point you need to know that hate speech isn't free speech
"free spend" is that a typo or a term I do not know?
Definitely a typo, my bad
Thank you for clarifying! And yes, you're absolutely right. Freedom to speak for what you stand for doesn't mean you're free to speak like an #######.
Although I can see how some people find that confusing
That's free speech in USian, thanks to Citizens United.
Never heard of m
Better to just block the site. That's less likely to degenerate into haggling and malicious compliance.