FTC investigates “tech censorship,” says it’s un-American and may be illegal (arstechnica.com)
from Captainautism@lemmy.dbzer0.com to technology@lemmy.world on 21 Feb 02:12
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breadsmasher@lemmy.world on 21 Feb 02:26 next collapse

so musk will be investigated over how he runs xitter, right?

adespoton@lemmy.ca on 21 Feb 02:36 collapse

He’s already investigated himself and found that Xitter is a bastion of freedom. Same goes for Truth Social.

ouRKaoS@lemmy.today on 22 Feb 19:28 collapse

How long until hosting a Lemmy instance is illegal?

adespoton@lemmy.ca on 22 Feb 19:48 collapse

Well, as a lot of us are on instances hosted outside the US, a very long time.

Asafum@feddit.nl on 21 Feb 02:41 next collapse

Compelled speech it is then?

So when are bakers going to be forced to bake cakes for gay couples?

Oh, right, hypocrites. Naturally.

TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world on 21 Feb 03:01 next collapse

Reveling in their hypocrisy won’t save anything.

They don’t care that you think and I see them as hypocrites.

Asafum@feddit.nl on 21 Feb 03:08 next collapse

It slightly saves my sanity. Only slightly though.

ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world on 21 Feb 06:27 collapse

For them, them being able to be hypocrites is a “cool thing”

reiterationstation@lemm.ee on 21 Feb 21:53 collapse

Do as I say not as I do is power of no one stops you.

Gingerlegs@lemmy.world on 21 Feb 03:00 next collapse

Defunded in 3…2…

sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml on 21 Feb 03:07 next collapse

When they say tech censorship they mean people should be allowed to say bigoted shit

francisco_1844@discuss.online on 21 Feb 15:31 collapse

And post as much disinformation as they want without “censorship”.

gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works on 21 Feb 03:12 next collapse

Hey government how’s it going

Jesus fucking christ

ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world on 21 Feb 03:57 next collapse

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?

IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 21 Feb 04:44 next collapse

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)

beejjorgensen@lemmy.sdf.org on 21 Feb 05:38 next collapse

And by “free speech”, we mean you have to publish what we tell you.

Sturgist@lemmy.ca on 21 Feb 13:00 collapse
tal@lemmy.today on 21 Feb 06:46 next collapse

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.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splinternet

techforwhat@lemmy.today on 21 Feb 13:25 next collapse

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

sik0fewl@lemmy.ca on 21 Feb 17:54 next collapse

I doubt it. They could just sensor based on location.

daddy32@lemmy.world on 21 Feb 20:59 collapse

It’s not censorship, it’s “censorship”. You know, like banning nazis, calls for harming women etc.

rottingleaf@lemmy.world on 21 Feb 21:18 collapse

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.

bitjunkie@lemmy.world on 21 Feb 16:43 next collapse

Tomorrow: Trump installs loyalist with zero qualifications as head of FCC.

skepller@lemmy.world on 21 Feb 22:51 next collapse

Yeah, I wonder how long until Elmo arrives to “make the FTC more efficient” lmao

Tronn4@lemmy.world on 21 Feb 23:53 collapse

We need fELONs crack team from X -said no one

vonbaronhans@midwest.social on 22 Feb 02:22 collapse

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.

iamanurd@midwest.social on 22 Feb 12:58 next collapse

DOGE will soon make cuts there…

MuskyMelon@lemmy.world on 22 Feb 13:15 next collapse

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.

AtHeartEngineer@lemmy.world on 22 Feb 20:12 collapse

This would have been helpful 10+ years ago