To recap: 1. Internet platforms use hands-off approach to regulating speech 2. Hate speech thrives 3. Mass killing plans get egged on online
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I’m all for taking a carefully considered, non-kneejerk approach to curbing speech, but it’s been years. How many lives could’ve been saved?
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@KuraFire Censorship is not an answer, we've been there, done that, and lives are lost because of it too. We need to rewrite the platform.
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@mollydotcom If someone in a crowd says they’re going to shoot the person next to them, we don’t have the crowd go “Yeah, do it!” after all.
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@KuraFire @mollydotcom Bystanders like that are terrible, but US law seldom imposes bystander liability if no assistance provided
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Replying to @TimSEsq
@TimSEsq @KuraFire I've gotten a bit pessimistic. Life does not seem long enough to me at this point to know I'll see changes. I want to!

Oct 1, 2015 · 10:50 PM UTC