Indian government empowers itself to “fact check,” delete social media posts
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#2Unfortunate that this rightward lurch by the Modi government (still incredibly popular in India) will be ignored by the "west" due to competition with China.
India considers unfettered social media and speech a threat to stability, just like China.
Re: Indian government empowers itself to “fact check,” delete social media posts
#3Better to have "the government" do it rather than a single political party like its done in the USA.
Re: Indian government empowers itself to “fact check,” delete social media posts
#4I'm not even opposed to flagging posts as “fake, false or misleading” because abusing those flags will cause them to be ignored, but removing content is a problem. State censorship is a much bigger threat to Democracy than false or misleading tweets and facebook posts.
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#5Unfortunate that this rightward lurch by the Modi government (still incredibly popular in India) will be ignored by the "west" due to competition with China. India considers unfettered social media and speech a threat to stability, just like China.
Why label this 'rightward'? Plenty of left-leaning governments throughout history have used censorship.
Re: Indian government empowers itself to “fact check,” delete social media posts
#6Unfortunate that this rightward lurch by the Modi government (still incredibly popular in India) will be ignored by the "west" due to competition with China. India considers unfettered social media and speech a threat to stability, just like China.
Why label this 'rightward'? Plenty of left-leaning governments throughout history have used censorship.
authoritarian is probably the right word, rather than left/right.
Re: Indian government empowers itself to “fact check,” delete social media posts
#7Unfortunate that this rightward lurch by the Modi government (still incredibly popular in India) will be ignored by the "west" due to competition with China. India considers unfettered social media and speech a threat to stability, just like China.
Why label this 'rightward'? Plenty of left-leaning governments throughout history have used censorship.
You're right, I think "illiberal" lurch is a better description.
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#9I'm not even opposed to flagging posts as “fake, false or misleading” because abusing those flags will cause them to be ignored, but removing content is a problem. State censorship is a much bigger threat to Democracy than false or misleading tweets and facebook posts.
Ten years ago I would have agreed.
Today? I'm not sure you're right about which is the greater threat.
Yes, state censorship can be abused. But promoting misinformation is a known threat to Democracy today. Right now.
I'm not sure what the real answer should be. If "the market" manages to get the propaganda farms' misinformation under control, then great. If they don't, the only answer I can see is for government to step in.
As they say, the Constitution is not a suicide pact. Dying to protect absolute freedom of speech when bad actors are abusing it to destroy the country is not wise.
Re: Indian government empowers itself to “fact check,” delete social media posts
#10I'm not even opposed to flagging posts as “fake, false or misleading” because abusing those flags will cause them to be ignored, but removing content is a problem. State censorship is a much bigger threat to Democracy than false or misleading tweets and facebook posts.
Ten years ago I would have agreed. Today? I'm not sure you're right about which is the greater threat. Yes, state censorship can be abused. But promoting misinformation is a known threat to Democracy today . Right now. I'm not sure what the real answer should be. If "the market" manages to get the propaganda farms' misinformation under control, then great. If they don't , the only answer I can see is for government t…
Why is the government well suited to declare what it and isn't misinformation though?
Shouldn't we farm that out to a third party?