Compelled speech it is then?
So when are bakers going to be forced to bake cakes for gay couples?
Oh, right, hypocrites. Naturally.
FTC investigates “tech censorship,” says it’s un-American and may be illegal
Submitted 2 months ago by Captainautism@lemmy.dbzer0.com to technology@lemmy.world
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Asafum@feddit.nl 2 months ago
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Reveling in their hypocrisy won’t save anything.
They don’t care that you think and I see them as hypocrites.
Asafum@feddit.nl 2 months ago
It slightly saves my sanity. Only slightly though.
ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 2 months ago
For them, them being able to be hypocrites is a “cool thing”
reiterationstation@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Do as I say not as I do is power of no one stops you.
sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
When they say tech censorship they mean people should be allowed to be racist
francisco_1844@discuss.online 2 months ago
And post as much disinformation as they want without “censorship”.
bitjunkie@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Tomorrow: Trump installs loyalist with zero qualifications as head of FCC.
vonbaronhans@midwest.social 2 months ago
You misunderstand. This IS Trump’s chosen stooge. FTC Chairman Carr.
He’s complaining about tech companies “censoring” conservatives for “speaking their minds”, aka being hateful bigots and spreading misinformation during a public health crisis.
skepller@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Yeah, I wonder how long until Elmo arrives to “make the FTC more efficient” lmao
Tronn4@lemmy.world 2 months ago
We need fELONs crack team from X -said no one
tal@lemmy.today 2 months ago
If we wind up in a situation where the EU mandates a form of censorship that the US bans, I assume that the platforms in question would have to separate their EU and US users and sites.
daddy32@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It’s not censorship, it’s “censorship”. You know, like banning nazis, calls for harming women etc.
rottingleaf@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Generally speaking, when a much stronger party forces upon you a mechanism, it doesn’t work in your favor. Whether they call it free speech (for bot campaigns too, while you get banned) or moderation (your opponent insults you in every comment, and they are fine, but you insult them once - you’re banned).
The super weirdest thing is that people again and again believe that the strong party belonging to “their” side will do things right this time in history.
sik0fewl@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
I doubt it. They could just sensor based on location.
techforwhat@lemmy.today 2 months ago
It should be interesting to see how it plays out, indeed.
I don’t expect the US will entirely ban all forms of content moderation. I wouldn’t be surprised if the US moved more in the direction of the EU Digital Services Act: required transparency on recommendation algorithms and some sort of NGO trusted flagger system.
Also, similar (but opposite) to Splinternet: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussels_effect
beejjorgensen@lemmy.sdf.org 2 months ago
And by “free speech”, we mean you have to publish what we tell you.
Sturgist@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Hey government how’s it going
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Jesus fucking christ
IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Good thing we have a fair and balanced FTC? Right?
Lets see:
We have 2 Democrats 2 Republicans, and…
oh… one vacant seat 👀
(also, one of the Democrats was appointed in 2018, we all know who was president then)
MuskyMelon@lemmy.world 2 months ago
If someone got banned on Reddit for calling Clarence Thomas a house slave like Stephen Candie in Django, can he file a complaint with the FC for tech censorship? Asking for a friend.
ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I know the point of this is probably just intimidation but 35 companies? Are there 35 social networks that moderate content? Why is Apple included? Is there some conspiracy theory that they’re censoring conservative App Store reviews?
Gingerlegs@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Defunded in 3…2…
iamanurd@midwest.social 2 months ago
DOGE will soon make cuts there…
futatorius@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Forced speech is just as odious as restricted speech. And with Trump and his band of wreckers, you can be sure that the end state will be a combination of both. Platforms will be forced to disseminate MAGA propaganda, and any user with the temerity to talk back will be banned.
AtHeartEngineer@lemmy.world 2 months ago
This would have been helpful 10+ years ago
breadsmasher@lemmy.world 2 months ago
so musk will be investigated over how he runs xitter, right?
adespoton@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
He’s already investigated himself and found that Xitter is a bastion of freedom. Same goes for Truth Social.
ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 2 months ago
How long until hosting a Lemmy instance is illegal?