Wednesday, August 22, 2018
Twitter CEO says blocking content is perilous
While lamenting abusive conduct on Twitter, chief executive Jack Dorsey said any move to block content based on political or social views would stoke already rising concern about the power of social-media companies.
“We can’t just keep changing randomly, based on our viewpoints,” Dorsey said on CNN’s “Reliable Sources.” “That just adds to the fear of companies like ours making these judgments.”
His comments aired a day after President Trump said, “Social Media is totally discriminating against Republican/Conservative voices.”
Earlier in the week, Twitter put temporary limits on the account of right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for violating company policies.
Trump, in his tweet, said social-media companies “are closing down the opinions of many people on the RIGHT, while at the same time doing nothing to others” and said his administration “won’t let that happen.”
Dorsey said he’s open to changing the platform to help avoid abuses. Possible initiatives include adding context to misinformation, he said.
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Under American Law, a Monopoly is pretty much defined as a company that controls 80% of the market. While this has not been tested in court regarding Social Media companies, it may come down to that eventually. Certainly the fact that there is evidence of collusion among Facebook, Instagram, and Youtube in the the Alex Jones case could be used to take legal action (can you say "market manipulation?").
The law may need to be updated, but liberals love the idea of "living" law - that says one thing and can be extended to cover another, so don't expect push back from them. They've not got a leg to stand on in that regard.
The social media giants aren't fighting the idea of regulation very much - maybe because they know it's inevitable.
Well it's nice to hear someone on the left admit their viewpoints change randomly.
I avoid all of them anyway.
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