Mr_Dr_Prof_Patrick t1_iu7o8zb wrote on October 29, 2022 at 4:40 AM

Reply to comment by strangefolk in Social Media Giants Systemically Fail on Hate and Disinformation, Report Says by HowMyDictates

It makes sense that guidelines would change as covid changed

strangefolk t1_iu7ow0f wrote on October 29, 2022 at 4:47 AM

Maybe, but it was never expressed that way.

Those items that were 'dangerous misinformation' one day just suddenly weren't censored anymore. There was never an adult conversation about what was censored, why, when, and why that perspective will no longer be physically removed from the conversation from this point onward. Thinking people notice when you don't let them have a full conversation and then suddenly change the rules. And I don't regard that as a coincidence or an honest mistake.

Mr_Dr_Prof_Patrick t1_iu7q6lj wrote on October 29, 2022 at 5:01 AM

Never expressed that way where? By who? I thought there was pretty widely available + straightforward information about new variants, how they work, how the observed transmissibility was different, and on the other hand people harping on a guidance change without bothering to check the rationale.

I think you're conflating a lot of different people talking about a lot of different things. The guidelines themselves and how they change, third party companies and the terms of service they choose to set, all the other people with opinions to express. Where / how / with who were you expecting to see this adult conversation about what was censored?

strangefolk t1_iu7rguq wrote on October 29, 2022 at 5:17 AM

>Where / how / with who were you expecting to see this adult conversation about what was censored?

Social media platforms have never been clear about what warrants a ban, including when CDC changed their recommendations. Aren't these conversations the job of the corporate media?

But the arbitrary and malicious enforcement really showed it to be a political cudgel. You have to be a real partisan hack to cry about hate speech, ban Jordan Peterson, but then keep ISIS and the Taliban online. I donno, in my perfect world none of it would be censored at anytime so there is no 'good' way to do it anyway.