SoylentNews is people
SoylentNews
We have heard the rumblings, now it comes.... the Code of Conduct for social media along with the banhammer.
From Bloomberg we get this warning:
U.S. Internet giants Facebook Inc., Twitter Inc., Google and Microsoft Corp. pledged to tackle online hate speech in less than 24 hours as part of a joint commitment with the European Union to combat the use of social media by terrorists.
Of course terrorists are defined down to "unambiguous hate speech that they said promoted racism, homophobia or anti-Semitism" before the short article ends.
Buckle up folks, the ride is is about to get bumpy.
This discussion has been archived.
No new comments can be posted.
Tech Giants Vow to Tackle Online Hate Speech Within 24 Hours
|
Log In/Create an Account
| Top
| 98 comments
| Search Discussion
The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. We are not responsible for them in any way.
Life is not for everyone.
(Score: 3, Informative) by Azuma Hazuki on Thursday June 02 2016, @04:07AM
Because this has worked just swimmingly every single time we've ever tried it before in the history of humanity!
...you know, we all know that saying about "those who forget history are doomed to repeat it." The other, unspoken half of this is "those who remember it are a small minority and are doomed to be dragged kicking and screaming through history a second time."
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 02 2016, @04:11AM
What legislation? This is a collection of private companies making a promise, the government is not involved.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by Azuma Hazuki on Thursday June 02 2016, @04:33AM
Where have you been over the last 30 years? Big companies *are* government now, by the golden rule ("he who has the gold makes the rules").
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Jiro on Thursday June 02 2016, @04:36AM
"The European Union counts as a government, and this amounts to "media companies had better obey because otherwise hate speech laws can be used against them". When the government "asks" you to do something it's rarely voluntary.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 02 2016, @05:12AM
> The European Union counts as a government,
Barely. The EU can neither create nor enforce any laws.
It is up to the member states to actually pass any local laws that may or may not be inline with EU guidelines.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 02 2016, @05:24AM
> Barely. The EU can neither create nor enforce any laws.
I had to look it up, to my embarrassment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union#Legal_system [wikipedia.org]
> Acts
>
> The main legal acts of the EU come in three forms: regulations, directives, and decisions. Regulations become law in all member states the moment they come into force, without the requirement for any
> implementing measures,[ and automatically override conflicting domestic provisions.[ Directives require member states to achieve a certain result while leaving them discretion as to how to achieve the result.
> The details of how they are to be implemented are left to member states.[m] When the time limit for implementing directives passes, they may, under certain conditions, have direct effect in national law against
> member states.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 02 2016, @07:55AM
This is a collection of private companies making a promise, the government is not involved.
AHAHAHAHAHAH! hahaha... ha...haaha...
the government is not involved
Oh wait, you're serious! HAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHTAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHTAH!
[CARRIER DROPPED]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 02 2016, @11:31AM
The government promised to arrest Facebook's executives [archive.is] if they fail to comply, and sent a team of "activist" thugs to smash up Facebook's office [archive.is], but the government is not involved!
(Score: 2, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 02 2016, @04:49AM
> Because this has worked just swimmingly every single time we've ever tried it before in the history of humanity!
Private corps regulating speech on their property is pretty much a constant throughout the history of humanity.
The article literally said that this something the companies are doing beyond the requirements of any national laws.
You do support property rights, don't you?
(Score: 4, Informative) by butthurt on Thursday June 02 2016, @05:53AM
Your comment reminds me of Pruneyard Shopping Center v. Robins, 447 U.S. 74 (1980):
—https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/447/74 [cornell.edu]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 02 2016, @12:18PM
Yes, California is the one state in the union where shopping malls do not have 100% control over the speech on their own property.
(Score: 2) by butthurt on Thursday June 02 2016, @06:03PM
That ruling is indeed specific to California.
Facebook headquarters is in Menlo Park, California.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Facebook-HQ/166793820034304 [facebook.com]
Google headquarters is in Mountain View, California.
https://www.google.com/about/company/facts/locations/ [google.com]
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday June 02 2016, @01:42PM
Depends on how you define "property". The road going into town might be considered "property". In fact, all of that "property" actually belongs to individual people. The gubbermint came along, and told everyone that a road was going through - move anything you don't want paved over. Real property, just taken over by gubbermint, for my convenience, and yours, and his, and hers . . .
I will insist that "the internet" isn't their property. I have little to no respect for TOS, EULA, or much of anything else. I pay my fees, I use the tubes. Fek Microsoft, Facebook, and every other bunch of asshats who feel responsible for "disciplining" me.
Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.