There are lots of things that can be done, but should not be done if we don't know how to do it without major harm...
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Replying to @zeynep
I think you and I would stand united against calling for infrastructure to censor & chill speech, but it's OK to chill/censor
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Replying to @AlecMuffett @zeynep
Maybe you can help me understand how you are _not_ actually calling for Facebook to involve itself in blocking & censoring content?
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Replying to @AlecMuffett
It should absolutely block live streaming of suicides and murders—if you don't, you will inspire a lot of copycats. That's not "censorship"
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Replying to @zeynep
That's a great sentiment, and I can see why you say that - but how would they _know_ ?
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Replying to @AlecMuffett
If this half a trillion company cannot figure it out, then they shouldn't launch the product. The downside is huge and real, just starting.
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Replying to @zeynep
And when Erdogan demands that this same censorship capability gets pointed at the Turkish people, then what?
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Replying to @AlecMuffett
Facebook says no. What is the problem here? Surgeons have knives, they don't go around stabbing people with them.
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Replying to @zeynep @AlecMuffett
I mean, this really isn't hard. Facebook can say no to illegitimate requests. Can we not portray them as hapless jellyfish drifting along?
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This really isn't hard; I responded. We know how to deal with all this; trade-offs are worth discussing but this is matter of will.
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