eSafety drops case against Elon Musk's X over church stabbing videos
eSafety drops case against Elon Musk's X over church stabbing videos
The eSafety commissioner will abandon its legal case against Elon Musk's X to have graphic footage of a terrorist stabbing removed from the social media platform.
Good news in my opinion, Australia was overreaching with this. Would have set a stupid precedent.
As much as I hate to agree with Space Karen I think you are right how can one sovereign country dictate what can be seen in other countries?
Yeah I was a bit torn on this, initially I was on the government's side because I don't like it when big multinationals try to fuck us around (like Valve). But like the news thing a couple of years ago I have to side with the tech giant.
If the government gets to decide what we can and can't see then I think democracy is in trouble.
I think democracy is already in trouble with giant mega corps controlling what we say instead.
the risk of the government controlling it is that someone might use that for their own interest. that's the natural and inherent state of corporate interests. i think I'd rather have a chance at meaningful regulation than hand these powers over to whoever happens to have the most money right now like we're currently doing.
it's a hard problem. the great American political experiment of free speech absolutism is crumpling in the face of New technologies that amplify lies to drown out any discourse from "the marketplace of ideas". I don't know what should be done about that. the only government we have in America was bought and sold in the 70s. right now if America tried to regulate speech in any way it would just be a new name to the same monied interests that control what can be said on these platforms now.
idk, were probably just fucked.