Freedom of Speech
It seems like freedom of speech is becoming more and more of a pertinent topic. Policy in the UK has them trying to “fight against misinformation” by arresting people who have said things online. Misinformation has been incredibly powerful here in the US as implemented by Russia and even our own government. There is seemingly a new misinformation campaign daily on Twitter. With the rise of AI agents and the ability to deploy autonomous armies becoming more eminent and the obvious success of past misinformation campaigning this new paradigm isn’t likely to change anytime soon.
The UK solution seems more authoritarian than anything and not something I would ever want. A core feature of many low quality of life countries is reduced freedoms of speech and information. Turkey just banned Discord. In the other hand, this endless stream of bullshit is likely making peoples lives worse as well. How many fox viewers are paranoid and terrified of boogeymen? How many people are exhausted and fried from fighting against the endless waves of misinformation?
My opinion is that the internet is the single greatest invention ever. It connects person to person, in real time, across the whole globe while providing the culmination of human history to your finger tips. But I’d also liken it to when Johnny Mnemonic downloaded 120 gigs into his 60 gig brain chip.
So what can be done? Is there a way we can train a population to be more adept at identifying bullshit? Should the government do anything to help alleviate the issue?
Bcak in the olden days we used to get UK papers when abroad. A week late. I dont know if that's still a thing
but
Is there a Dorset Echo in the states? Or is this an international campaign
No more arrgh
Lol @ Dorset Echo, that famous multinational publication.
Also, I call shenanigans that Playbig can type out that whole passage without a single spelling or grammatical error. I suppose he is just the peon placing the fliers in his story though.
Ireland is gearing up to flex some muscles and ensure that video-sharing platforms — including Meta's Facebook and Instagram, ByteDance’s TikTok, Elon Musk's X and Google's YouTube — protect their users from hate speech and harmful videos online.
The country's new media and internet regulator, Coimisiún na Meán, on Monday published its long-awaited Online Safety Code, a set of binding rules that will soon apply to the many tech giants whose European headquarters are in Ireland.
The 10 designated platforms are Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Udemy, TikTok, LinkedIn, X, Pinterest, Tumblr and Reddit.
“The adoption of the Online Safety Code brings an end to the era of social media self-regulation,” Online Safety Commissioner Niamh Hodnett said in a statement.
It will also bring Ireland closer to full compliance with the European Union’s audiovisual law, which mandated such new policing and whose sluggish transposition by Dublin resulted in a €2.5 million fine from the EU’s top court in February.
What, this Ireland? The one where 800 dead babies were mysteriously found in a septic tank at the site of a former mother-and-baby home run by nuns and no one wants to ask exactly how all those dead babies got there? Because Irish journalists won't meaningfully address the question because the government wouldn't like it, so they all just go, 'Well, these things happen, 800 dead babies in a septic tank, quite normal, act of God probably'?
Another BIGLY win for Free Speech. Rudy has not been jailed by the state for using his words!!!
...oh but he lost everything
NEW YORK — A federal judge on Tuesday ordered Rudy Giuliani to turn over a lengthy list of property, including his Upper East Side apartment, to the two former Georgia election workers who won a $148 million defamation verdict last year against the former New York City mayor.
...because while you are free to speech away....your words may have consequences!
go figure
I feel confident stating that mass manipulation and propaganda campaigns across all forms of media was the main driving factor in this election. I don't think a single Republican could accurately detail their own sides agenda, let alone what the Dems want. It would be complete nonsense.
Elon Musk went on the biggest podcast in the world and they traded conspiracy theories and lies like facts for 2 hours straight. Two of the most powerful men in the whole world just yucking it up over literally made up bullshit and presenting it as fact.
Doesn't seem like a good situation and I don't see the solution.
I feel confident that in America... I completely have the right to be Misogynistic.
If anything belongs in the free speech thread, it's Patrice O'Neal arguing with Sean Hannity and Marc Lamont Hill about Don Imus being fired from CBS.
