• Melllvar@startrek.website
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    6 months ago

    No, of course it’s not fine.

    But if it’s not fine for domestic social media apps to do it, then it’s even worse for a foreign adversary to do it. Right?

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      6 months ago

      It is the same worse. Billionaires do not have an allegiance to the well-being of any nation’s citizens. What is a foreign state going to brainwash us with that could possibly be worse than the existing gamer-to-far-right-radical pipeline?

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        6 months ago

        They could use their advertising platform to manipulate US public opinion and elections. And, again, this isn’t to say it’s fine for domestic companies to do this. But that’s no argument against this law. In fact, I daresay the “gamer-to-far-right-radical pipeline” you identify is an example of this.

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          6 months ago

          I don’t think I would argue against this law, IDK. It’s just a slap in the face to see they recognize how dangerous the thing is.

          We always knew they would do nothing to legislate misinformation, bigotry, and electioneering on the US-based platforms. But now we know for a fact that they understand these platforms are weaponized against the public.