Yeah, there are also many workarounds aside from censoring. Such as allowing people to select filters/their own curation algorithm and so on.
But it seems to be the European model to censor societally undesirable viewpoints, from my understanding. So free speech from the American perspective does not seem to be a universally held belief.
Personally I think it's worth striving for, but providing tools for those who want to live in a bubble.
There will never be a "correct" single algorithm or filter that can be applied globally. These companies are doing a lot of unnecessary damage to themselves by trying to force it to be that way.
I believe all algorithms for curating what you see on the largest social media platforms should be required to be open source/explained, and that third parties should be able to write their own to be used on those platforms. Idea needs to be fleshed out more, but something along those lines. And all speech that's constitutional should be left untouched (in USA). If you don't like it, filter it out.
Agreed, especially if they would think 10 minutes about the values they allegedly espouse. There will always be something offensive in a culture that is benign or even welcomed in another. Their model is some artifical neutral culture mirroring diplomatic or corporate cultures.
Europes legislators are prominently very old and their fears are projected on the net.
We had hate speech laws for more than 1.5 centuries and still 2 dictatorships in one century and people still believe the state should regulate content and this power won't be abused. I don't know anymore, hereditary brain damage probably. It fits the definition of insanity too.
I believe we need some form of fisher-price browser that keeps some groups demanding moderation in their own land and completely separate them from those that do not like it. Android- and iPhone-countries, slowly running out of ideas...
But it seems to be the European model to censor societally undesirable viewpoints, from my understanding. So free speech from the American perspective does not seem to be a universally held belief.
Personally I think it's worth striving for, but providing tools for those who want to live in a bubble.
There will never be a "correct" single algorithm or filter that can be applied globally. These companies are doing a lot of unnecessary damage to themselves by trying to force it to be that way.
I believe all algorithms for curating what you see on the largest social media platforms should be required to be open source/explained, and that third parties should be able to write their own to be used on those platforms. Idea needs to be fleshed out more, but something along those lines. And all speech that's constitutional should be left untouched (in USA). If you don't like it, filter it out.