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Elon Musk Is Officially Purchasing Twitter for $44 Billion
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And what if that tweet contains personal information (doxing) or infringes copyright?
What if a Tweet is removed for reasons besides the content of the tweet? (like one person controlling several accounts). Revealing the info used to decide that could be a privacy violation. Or, if the algorithm for automatically removing posts like that is public, spammers can specifically tailor their tweets to avoid moderation.
And what the heck is open source AI?
Ah, but what are mistruths? How does one determine them without being all knowing? How do we know the arbiter of “truth” doesn’t have an agenda?
Best to allow all ideas and speech, given it be lawful. The best ideas will find their way to the top.
If you want a low moderation service without liberals, you can just join Gab.
Does Gab have a wider array of voices? Does the speech on Gab more accurately represent the beliefs of humans?
The answer to the problems of "what people can say" or "how they say it" or "what types of people are on a service"..
...is always going to be "more services" so people can choose the type of experience they prefer and get the most out of....or partake in multiple services!
Elon isn't going to usher in some utopian perfection of "free speech!", but no "bad stuff"..
It's an unattainable goal. It isn't even a goal worth pursuing.
All of humanity isn't going to suddenly all play by and be happy about the same rules, for all people, of all persuasions, worldwide.
We can't get everyone to agree that "the Earth is round"...
By the same token, there is no method of operation or set of rules that will make all concerned parties "happy" about how a service is run and what you can/can't do on it.
...is always going to be "more services" so people can choose the type of experience they prefer and get the most out of....or partake in multiple services!
Elon isn't going to usher in some utopian perfection of "free speech!", but no "bad stuff"..
It's an unattainable goal. It isn't even a goal worth pursuing.
All of humanity isn't going to suddenly all play by and be happy about the same rules, for all people, of all persuasions, worldwide.
We can't get everyone to agree that "the Earth is round"...
By the same token, there is no method of operation or set of rules that will make all concerned parties "happy" about how a service is run and what you can/can't do on it.
Elon stated, laws for the country in with the content is seen. You have to think outside the box to counter the EM.
One can easily block people who harass.
A free society and de facto town square (a “digital town square” as Musk calls it) must have free speech. Too many voices have been erroneously and thoughtlessly censored.
Musk has shown with previous endeavors that he is committed to actual improvements, not just monetization (although that’s part of it). I have no doubt his changes (based on the ideas he’s already discussed) will be for the best.
I don't know what you mean by "Terms of service rules"
Yes, I know what open source is. But AI is trained on massive data sets of human generated content, and the reasons behind decisions AI makes can be indecipherable to humans. And if it is decipherable, it can be easier to game the system if you know the algorithms.
No idea, I don’t use it. I suspect it’s an echo chamber give that they haven’t attracted all viewpoints.
Not when they come at you in unbelievable numbers
Again, don't speculate - there's no need - ask some women (or gays or any minority, etc) who've been on the other side of this.
You’ll have to take that up with the man. He stated that it would be open source. Let’s hold him to the fire.
Good goal though, that transparency. Surely you agree with the goal.
Please back that up with some sourcing.
Who has been censored?
About what? Where? When?
Twitter has terms of service - if you violate that, you are going to be reprimanded.
And why do you think they haven’t been able to attract all viewpoints?
Because they aren’t Twitter, the defacto town square. Next.
That's exactly the point. People were censored for spouting "misinformation" ... and several months later it turns out it wasn't disinformation. Twitter is specifically targeting those that don't agree with their ideologies, even if it turns out what was originally the supposed "truth" was actually false. And yet nothing is done about that when it's found out. Such as all the lies that Facebook was peddling ... and when they had to backtrack because it turned out the narrative they were pushing was indeed false, nothing was really done about it. Just them saying oops. And because of this ever-changing "information", people cannot be shunned for having differing viewpoints. How can anyone expect to have any sort of intelligent debate anymore if one side is entirely cut off from expressing their side? And even worse, people are afraid to speak up about very basic things in fear of being "canceled", so instead of having their own opinions and spines, they just go along whatever the current narrative or "truth is" ... and it stifles any and all chances at discussion. People that are in favor of all this excessive cancel culture need to go move to a country where they actually have no freedoms ... then come back and kiss the floor because they didn't realize they had it so good. It's disgusting and terrifying what's going right now. And anyone in support of this needs to really take a look at the bigger picture of what's going on. Those in power are able to gain more power by dividing and conquering people ... and setting them against one another. This Democrat vs Republican thing is absolutely asinine ... especially all of Biden's supposed desire to "make peace" ... and yet he's never stopped calling half the country racists, white supremacists, and terrorists. Even if millions of people don't agree with what the extreme right are doing, they still all get lumped into the same crowd. This Biden "unity" was nothing more than a talking point. The world is becoming absolute bananas.
From what we've seen so far, the "arbiters of truth" are literally now openly stating it's because of an agenda ... of power ... of control. They aren't even hiding it anymore. This is all insane. And it's incredibly disheartening that so many people have absolutely no clue or care just how bad this is getting. Even worse ... defending it. Being brainwashed is not a sign of intelligence and free thought.
Twitter certainly doesn't, so what point are you trying to make? Twitter is currently an echo chamber. That needs to change. You can't have a social platform where only certain ideas and viewpoints are allowed. Period. I think Trump is an absolute moron, but censoring a sitting President is tyrannical ... and puts the power of social media above all others. It's terrifying and you should be terrified.
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Oh, I’m not speculating. Any platform can be abused. If a person can be harassed in real life then they can be harassed digitally as well. It’s unfortunate but it happens (to everybody, BTW, not just those you mentioned).
However, it’s a moot point because I don’t believe Musk will do away with all content moderation. But I do believe he will do away with policies that have silenced some voices...
Please do your own research.
There are countless examples of it.
I know we can all think of at least one particular voice and one particular news story that have both been censored in the past couple years.
Other social media platforms have come and gone. But my point has more to do with the diversity of viewpoints, rather than the size of the platform.
This is why it's so important for things to change with Twitter. Because Twitter is the biggest ... and there aren't really any competing platforms. There probably won't ever be. It's too big. Change needs to happen at the top.