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agile_a 17 points ago +17 / -0

the way to take Free speech back is to have Trump and others in the government crackdown on Facebook and Twitter. I don't even care about section 230. really they should just pass a simple law or regulation stating that social media companies with more than 230 million viewers per month are not allowed to censor anything that is not illegal..

they've shown that they can't handle moderating themselves so as the ublic square they can't sensor anything unless it's illegal

boom. problem solved. And the FCC would conduct an audit of the algorithms every few months to make sure that Facebook and Twitter algorithms nott specifically targeting conservatives.

that's how you solve the problem. anything else is bullshit trying to get you to chase your taill

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pmyourcovfefes 7 points ago +7 / -0

Problem with getting any law passed is lobbying. Good luck getting any politician to care unless they get enough contribution money to have lobbyists draft a bill and even more money to have all the corrupt fucks in our government vote to pass it.

Now how’s that gonna happen when these huge social media companies contribute to politicians so they don’t vote yes on anything limiting their power?

Maybe we need to set up a fund somehow to buy our way into not being censored. As sad as that sounds.

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Jimmy33 3 points ago +3 / -0

That’s how governments work. Sick and sad but true.

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agile_a 3 points ago +3 / -0

you can get around this by not passing a law and instead passing a regulation. regulation can be passed by the FCC and all it requires is Trump's signature..

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JeremiahKassin 2 points ago +2 / -0

Regulations have no teeth. They'd get a fine, and probably one they'd gladly pay. It might stop them from censoring some high profile people, but when it comes to you and me, they'd just go with the tried and true "muh algorithm."

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OnlySlightlyNaughty 2 points ago +2 / -0

I don’t even know if it is “algorithms.”

Take reddit, the content there is extremely sensationalized. These social media boards heavily influence their front page. They may no longer be guilty of these acts these days as they have cultivated an audience of radicalized followers.

It is seriously disgusting over there. It is so heavily censored and manipulated to show only a single narrative.

Even worse are groups that are organized. I’m seeing heavy use of narrative promotion on places like slashdot. Is it the site owners or a brigade of users. When anyone mentions Antifa it gets denounced as a boogeyman. Yet there is clear evidence of their behavior and existence.

People are being manipulated for both indirect and direct dollars. I’m not sure what happened to society that they cannot reason and evaluate issues. I believe it is simply the nature of their ignorance.

Learn to question.

I know this site is a “trump rally”, but lately it seems to be the only place we can talk about what is really going on. Not everything here is reality either, but for the most part people here are genuine.

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Daemoness 2 points ago +2 / -0

Twitter and FB are being used to coordinate mob attacks. Could that not be reason enough to temporarily take them offline_? And any other sites , such as reddit or IG or whatever, that try to fill the void-?

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DL535 1 point ago +1 / -0

And the FCC would conduct an audit of the algorithms every few months

The problem with this is, most of the federal government are Democrats who have drunk the leftist Koolaid. The second another left administration came into power, the FCC would immediately greenlight any censorship that the FAAG companies do. And they would use the Trump administration's actions as a precedent. Absolutely without shame. Believe me. All they want is more power.