Any attempt to regulate big tech needs to be gated on big tech sized user counts.
Violent racist rhetoric posted to a forum with 20 monthly active users might lead to one lunatic ranting on a street corner to be ignored or mocked. The same thing posted to Xitter sparks riots.
They are not attempting to regulate big tech. They are attempting to use fear of big tech to more easily regulate what they want. Successfully.
I dunno, is it just me getting older or is our time very similar to Star Wars EU in the Coruscant Nights novels time period? Late Clone Wars, early Empire. After its early period Empire had less and less need to pretend.
If they wanted to do something about big tech, they would have. Have you seen what Israel did in Gaza and how its NATO allies were all fine with it? Do you think the governments of those countries wouldn't be just as ruthless if they needed to get big tech to behave?
The difference that gives them potential to spark riots is the same that made them preferable to random forums for governments. It goes both ways, they can plant their own misinformation and they do. They can sleep well knowing that most of public discourse works in systems where all voices of reason are silenced naturally, which prevents most of threats to them.
They are not attempting to regulate big tech. They are attempting to use fear of big tech to more easily regulate what they want. Successfully.
I dunno, is it just me getting older or is our time very similar to Star Wars EU in the Coruscant Nights novels time period? Late Clone Wars, early Empire. After its early period Empire had less and less need to pretend.
If they wanted to do something about big tech, they would have. Have you seen what Israel did in Gaza and how its NATO allies were all fine with it? Do you think the governments of those countries wouldn't be just as ruthless if they needed to get big tech to behave?
The difference that gives them potential to spark riots is the same that made them preferable to random forums for governments. It goes both ways, they can plant their own misinformation and they do. They can sleep well knowing that most of public discourse works in systems where all voices of reason are silenced naturally, which prevents most of threats to them.
Hell, we have Lemmy instances considering age verification because of this nonsense. Things are going to get spicy.
I doubt anyone will register to any lemmy instance that does this. One of the reasons people use lemmy is privacy.
Same thing is gonna happen in the US with KOSA
At this point, less Internet is good for everyone.
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