On 2017-04-18 12:20, Herminio Hernandez, Jr. wrote:
On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 11:44 AM, Matthew Crews
<[email protected]> wrote:
Unless the government is somehow involved, Facebook, Reddit, Twitter,
etc. aren't suppressing free speech. They have the right to censor
whatever we say, since it is their network we are using.
This runs into a problem pretty quickly in the modern world: These
things are insanely popular, and have become almost the default way for
some people to communicate. Facebook et al essentially *own* the public
square and all the soapboxes. When Ma Bell owned the phone network, we
implemented "common carrier" restrictions, so the phone company wasn't
allowed to censor people's phone conversations. I think it's high time
for something similar applied to ISPs, but we've probably lost that
battle. A technically sound RFC for some sort of "social networking
protocol" no single company owned would also be a good idea.
I agree in principle, but these platforms are working in conjunction
with governments to suppress views they do no like. So, while I agree
that a private business can run this way they should stop the pretense
of being an open platform.
I don't think they're pretending to be open. They're pretending to be
safe, or family-friendly, or edgy, or whatever they think will make them
the most money. "Open" is a thing that most people don't care about, so
it's far down the list.
There are quite a few Francophone communities in this whole Mastodon
thing, which seems a bit odd. Liberte, egalite, TCP/IP? :-)
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