No. Fuck the KOSA, it’s the equivalent of burning down your house to get rid of a cockroach infestation.
Meta should be liable for their algorithm, no more, no less.
This article starts out by observing that Zuckerberg committed enough crimes to be sent to prison under existing law and then argues that the only solution is more laws?
How about we just start making rich people subject to the same set of laws as everyone else?
The only way to outlaw Meta’s dangerous and egregious behavior is to pass legislation
Or we could just exercise existing legislation? Like perjury?
All four sections carry a penalty of imprisonment for not more than five years, although § 1001 is punishable by imprisonment for not more than eight years when the offense involves terrorism or one of several federal sex offenses. The same five-year maximum penalty attends the separate crime of conspiracy to commit any of the four substantive offenses.
Even 1 year in jail should be a good enough incentive, if only he could not buy his way out.
You had an argument until you brought up KOSA. That bill is absolutely brutal and had it passed, this administration would have yet another weapon to clamp down on free speech and terrorize citizens.
ItIt’s frustrating because it’s possible to attack companies like Facebook while fully endorsing Section 230. That law states that companies aren’t liable for things that users post… Unless they become aware of bad content and choose to ignore it.
And Facebook has shown its hand here. They’ve admitted they have moderation tools, through their pledge to crack down on anti-genocide opinions. They want to have it both ways, but hopefully people see through their BS.
If the USA had a functioning Justice Department, lying to Congress should have put the Zuck behind bars.
We’re living in post-truth times. Zuck is a large part of the reason why.
I did more skimming than reading of the linked article because I don’t care that much abou tthe topic, but I just want to say: We need more of this journalism. THIS is what journalists should be doing so much more of. Calling out lies and specifically this is a great format for that.
True to a point - the article justifies KOSA as a solution to this. We need a whole lot less of that, and a whole lot more holding power accountable. Both the government and the billionaires.
Hold up, you’re telling me Zuckerberg isn’t a good person?
Is he considered a good lizard person?
I am shocked that the guy who made a website to fuck college girls is a bad person.
Highly relevant video of what sort of culture Zuck metastasized in at Harvard
The only thing you can do to punish this fuck is by not using any of his current and future spyware.
page formatting is atrocious on dispatch
Dunno if that’ll be better, but I created it to see if it helped :)
