Brazil's Supreme Court makes social media liable for user content

Post by bilekas » Fri, Jun 13, 2025, 1:59 AM UTC

potato-peeler wrote: post #10

bilekas wrote: post #8

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> And to that extent, social media platforms need to step up maintaining civility within their community. This is always the line that will be crossed though, there are some comedians who I find in bad taste, but I'm not going to tell them they can't make their jokes. There will be those who feel entitled to 'moderate' what their beliefs and preferences dictate. It might be done better, but then the same people will…

> There will be those who feel entitled to 'moderate' what their beliefs and preferences dictate. I don’t think it is a question of entitlement. Just because you have a mic and want to go on a racist rant about other cultures, I don’t think this should be protected by free speech. Similarly, the core issue from the article is stated as illegal content. One can only imagine why social media platforms don’t want to tak…

Post by akoboldfrying » Sat, Jun 14, 2025, 4:53 AM UTC

cvjcvjcvj wrote: post #65

akoboldfrying wrote: post #2

It will be really interesting to watch how this unfolds. My hypothesis: Meta, X et al. will threaten to just wholesale IP-block the country (not worth the risk), and it will become a game of Chicken. Side note: The density of ads on that page is almost impressive.

Here’s an analogy: If a radio station or TV channel taught a child to cut themselves, self-harm, or drink toilet water, that broadcaster would be held accountable. So how can we allow social media platforms to escape responsibility? Children are dying.

Post by potato-peeler » Sun, Jun 15, 2025, 1:53 PM UTC

logicchains wrote: post #19

potato-peeler wrote: post #10

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> There will be those who feel entitled to 'moderate' what their beliefs and preferences dictate. I don’t think it is a question of entitlement. Just because you have a mic and want to go on a racist rant about other cultures, I don’t think this should be protected by free speech. Similarly, the core issue from the article is stated as illegal content. One can only imagine why social media platforms don’t want to tak…

>Just because you have a mic and want to go on a racist rant about other cultures, I don’t think this should be protected by free speech. You're essentially making the claim that somebody shouldn't be able to say something that offends some people even if it's true, which is a great way to shut down discourse and enforce the status quo, because there's no limit to what people can claim to be offended by.