At the same time, I think that it's time for platforms to be responsible for the actual incitements to violence (far-left or far-right). They are pretty good at detecting and shutting down even fair-use of music or other media on their platforms, but they can't do shit about people who shout "FIRE" in a "crowded theater"?
No, online platforms should NOT be responsible for anything anyone posts in their site, and they are NOT good at detecting and shutting down copyrighted material precisely because they consistently shut down fair-use of music and other media. It is not the role of tech companies (or of self-entitled users within their platforms going after people they personally don't like) to make legal determinations about ANYTHING. They're not lawyers, they're not legal scholars or judges or law enforcement and have NO role in the government or legal procedures. These are NOT functions that fall within the purview of fucking monopolistic tech giants. It is not their job and they are not properly equipped to determine whether or not a supposed "tHrEaT oF vIolEnCe" or any other questionable post is legally actionable material. That is the job of the FBI, or equivalent agencies when it comes to users outside of the US. It's supposed to be THEM who make that determination, not our self-appointed tech overlords. That is why section 230 exists, and their insistence on stepping beyond their bounds is precisely why we're on this mess.
How should they not be responsible for monitoring what goes on their platforms? Unless you are saying that law enforcement should have people sitting at their desk sifting through YouTube crap.
And you're completely wrong. Their AI is excellent at auto-flagging even melodies played on a guitar that match copyrighted material. They could do the same with people inciting violence.
If they see something that they BELIEVE might be legally actionable they're supposed to report it to law enforcement and let THEM make the determination. If "concerned" citizens participating within those platforms see something questionable and want to rat out their political adversaries they could do the same. It's not rocket science.
So you think that this should be handled by people sifting through thousands of Youtube videos, thousands of Facebook posts, etc?
Yes.
The immediate necessity to purge every single instance of anyone saying something that could possibly, MAAAYBE be construed as theoretically "inciting" violence (according to someone's subjective interpretation of it) or some other objectionable material is the fevered dream of demented imbeciles who feel the need to control absolutely, positively EVERYTHING. We don't NEED to police every single instance of someone telling someone else to "KYS retard, lol" in social media. It's NEUROTIC.
If it's so egregious someone feels the need to do something they can just report it (and even then that tends to lead to bans for completely harmless wrongthink or edgyspeak). But if no one saw it and no one was upset it doesn't fucking matter. We don't need to scour the internet for every instance of someone failing to toe the line.
And you're completely wrong. Their AI is excellent at auto-flagging even melodies played on a guitar that match copyrighted material. They could do the same with people inciting violence.
I already explained why algorithmically removing content doesn't work, you fucking retard.
Did I say they should automatically remove it, pinche pendejo? lol I just said they alaready have the technology to recognize and monitor it.
Dude, I'm Puerto Rican, not Mexican. Das waycist, yo!
We don't even use the word "pinche" here. We'd just probably say "Canto 'e pedenjo!", or maybe "Jodio fuckin' pendejo!", "Canto 'e fuckin' pedenjo!" or something like that.
I already explained why algorithmically removing content doesn't work, you fucking retard.
I love how he assumes that any algorithm won't be skewed by programmers anyways.
It's like how Twitter happily leaves the genocidal blathering of Ayatollah Khamenei up, but God forbid Trump say mean things. Bias is a thing.
Implying that the Ayatollah needs to be banned is deeply Islamophobic, though. But banning Trump for saying that he's supporters will not be disrespected is OK, cuz Orange Man Bad + White Privilege.
