🌎 Discussion: Online Piracy, AI, Net Neutrality, Killswitch, and Other Internet Issues II

[Teelie]

Too little too late? Twitter has had nearly 4 years of his lies as a politician to correct it and have done nothing. And that doesn't count the years prior to his lies as a politician. Or the numerous lies of other (in)famous Twitter names.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Wired - Why Facebook Censored an Anti-Trump Ad

Business Insider - Facebook reportedly had evidence that its algorithms were dividing people, but top executives killed or weakened proposed solutions

Agence France-Presse - Facebook’s Zuckerberg wealth increased by 45% to $80 billion amid pandemic

Newsweek - Zuckerberg says Twitter is wrong to fact-check Trump

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Nancy Pelosi slams Mark Zuckerberg for 'pandering' to Trump by attacking Twitter's fact-check of his false claims

Pelosi Statement on Trump Social Media Executive Order

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Politico.eu - Trump’s Twitter spat puts social media firms on collision course with Europe

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

NY Times - Trump Threatens White House Protesters With ‘Vicious Dogs’ and ‘Ominous Weapons’

Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook left up Trump posts because "we should enable as much expression as possible" - CBS News

 

[Teelie]

We already know Zuckerberg is a spineless hypocrite who wants money above all else and will gladly do whatever the political winds dictate as opposed to what the right thing is.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

 

[Teelie]

Don't expect the robot to comprehend humanity.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Youtube also monetizes hate based on gender and race and others much greater than $1 million worth over the decade and a half of its existance.

 

[Spidey_62]

Replace the Z in Zuckerberg with a C here on out cause that's what he is to Trump.

 

[Lily Adler]

Lack of empathy or understanding of social and human behavior is a symptom of something right?

 

[Zorro]

Youtube comments are mostly toxic but they can all be ignored by a click and you can tell when some videos are full of angry/hateful bs and so not worth clicking to watch. Everywhere else on social media, negativity is front and center as soon you start reading and scrolling down. I guess it's easy to also ignore on Facebook though by just not reading readings on stuff other than family and friends.

One of many things that annoy me when I've read twitter comments is people admitting to online piracy out of spite when they disagree with a company on something. I read a comment a bit ago today where that person was upset that a game developer/publisher delayed a streaming event by a week and have declared support for the black lives matter movement and so he said he's now going to torrent the game

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

Lack of empathy or understanding of social and human behavior is a symptom of something right?

Late stage American capitalism?

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Business Insider - Largest union federation in the US demands apology from Mark Zuckerberg over new software feature that would allow employers blacklist words like 'unionize' in chats

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Business Insider - Largest union federation in the US demands apology from Mark Zuckerberg over new software feature that would allow employers blacklist words like 'unionize' in chats

Amazing. I thought he was completely for freedom of expression.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Reuters - Facebook removes hundreds more accounts as right-wing violence spreads

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

NBC News - Facebook removes Trump ads for violating 'organized hate' policy

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Salon - YouTube suspends account of Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes
YouTube tells Salon in a statement: "We have strict policies that prohibit hate speech on YouTube"

McInnes included an image of a message that purportedly came from YouTube in which the platform said that his account had been suspended for "content glorifying or inciting violence against another person or group of people."

McInnes has already been kicked off Twitter and Facebook and appears to have been previously banned by YouTube in 2018 for copyright infringement. He recently created a video streaming platform of his own for fellow far right commentators like Jacob Wohl and Laura Loomer.

If the Republicans were polling better they probably wouldn't have done anything.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Oh, right in the white pride! That's gotta hurt!

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Wall Street Journal - Facebook Looks to Contain Advertising Boycott Over Hate Speech

Zuckerberg with the Tucker Carlson shoe on.

 

[Lily Adler]

Not to bum people out but GIPHY is now owned by Facebook.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

 

[Lily Adler]

Apple's iOS 14 beta reveals that TikTok and other apps are spying on iPhone users

 

[Snow Queen]

Apple's iOS 14 beta reveals that TikTok and other apps are spying on iPhone users

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

The Verge - Twitch temporarily bans President Trump for "hateful conduct"


Reading the public opinion polls I see.

Business Insider - Facebook has bent its hate speech and misinformation policies around Trump since before he was president, report says

Going down with the Trump ship.