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FRIGIDfreya t1_iy89xyw wrote

Reply to comment by Thrilleye51 in Social media firms face big UK fines if they fail to stop sexist and racist content by diacewrb

So what will they do? they’ll just remove access to those platforms for UK citizens? VPN stocks rising.

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Thrilleye51 t1_iy8aiqm wrote

Is that a likey scenario?

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MrDefenseSecretary t1_iy8hpmo wrote

I don’t have the expertise to say but I think it is the most likely scenario.

Managing networks of hundreds of millions of people is impossible, especially with how nuanced the English language is. It would be a massive liability.

They would have to have a very restrictive and isolated version of a platform that wouldn’t even accept different words, phrases, and the problem is even harder with images and videos so those would probably be gone too.

Not an expert by any means just my two cents. From my understanding, it’s incredibly hard to police everything internally and AI moderation just isn’t where it needs to be. If a company is held liable for what end users do with their product or service, they will stop providing it.

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Thrilleye51 t1_iy8j7b0 wrote

Exactly. Musk is going to have to do better or it's going to fail. The whole world is watching and it's not looking good.

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MrDefenseSecretary t1_iy8jk6o wrote

I think it will work out but maybe not at the scale he is hoping. Meaning sports betting apps will advertise happily but maybe not companies like Disney.

I agree though, it will be interesting to see in ten years.

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Thrilleye51 t1_iy8jtbu wrote

That's a substantial amount of time that will come quickly

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FRIGIDfreya t1_iy8tpkd wrote

I don’t know the laws for “network neutrality” in UK. I know that ISPs in USA do have the power and legal authority to filter and block connections to whatever they want. I mean Google/Facebook/Alphabet/Youtube bans or restricts services for locations at the request of governments all over the globe. It’s really not that difficult, even Canada’s new “YouTube Canadian promotion law” or w/e the official title is, is filtering foreign content.

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