Made a Twitter account like a month ago, because I wanted to check some content there. Without following anybody, I got all the German right-wing, conspiracy, and anti-goverment stuff on the recommended content timeline. Closed the account again ASAP. Pretty sure that shit gets pushed onto everybody. Musk is everything the right make Soros out to be.
My Facebook feed is full of "recommendations" that are full blown racist, transphobic, or homophobic pages. Not to mention the plethora of flat Earth, Anti-vax or raw milk pages with a sprinkle or AI TShirt ads saying "I'm white, how else can I piss you off?". And all of those pages are run from abroad.
Social media has amplified hateful rhetoric by foreigners for years, and it's just fueling more and more strife in America. It's fucking ridiculous, I'm starting to agree with Trump about section 230.
Section 230 is not your problem then, it's the first amendment. Because algos are protected by the 1A. Meta should not be sued because they decide to host dumb flat earthers lol. They make the internet more entertaining
Sure, but you could say that about every website. Meta is an easy target because it's so large but suing Zuck for all the terrible people on the internet won't make all the bad people on the internet disappear. See MP v. Meta.
One of the biggest reasons Section 230 was crafted in 1996 was because the Wolf of Wall Street sued an ICS because folks like you and me called him and his company a fraud. He won in the NY Supreme Court and Congress crafted 230 to ensure losers like him can't use their wealth to crush dissent on the internet. I understand everyone has beef with Zuck for something but we don't need to go back to 1995 where guys like Wolf can win. So Section 230 really allows all websites to host a lot of BS without worrying about it
At this point, I don't care. This country is being eaten alive by misinformation and foreign interference and social media companies enable it because it makes them money.
I get it, but going after section 230 won't fix the problem. Misinformation will still exist on the internet, and the Supreme Court established that lies are free speech if they don't cause imminent lawless action or damage to someone (defamation)
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u/coffeesharkpie 8d ago edited 8d ago
Made a Twitter account like a month ago, because I wanted to check some content there. Without following anybody, I got all the German right-wing, conspiracy, and anti-goverment stuff on the recommended content timeline. Closed the account again ASAP. Pretty sure that shit gets pushed onto everybody. Musk is everything the right make Soros out to be.