This is a nice way of deflecting from the issue at hand.
Instead of having a proper consideration of the immigration policies, we can all sit around and pretend the problem is one created by social media.
CanWillCantWont on
It’s not social media that makes people recognise (with their eyes) that areas of our country have demographically transformed to be far different than what they were even 5 years ago.
It’s not Russia spreading this, it’s even visible in our own census data.
GazCrafter on
So all of them, in some way or the other.
People all have different views, and may ‘hate’ different things. This wasn’t well thought through.
TheFreemanLIVES on
Literally old man yells at cloud based service.
21stCenturyVole on
Notice that the biggest gains from the fascist protests, are for authoritarians – i.e. handing the fascists a win.
Elbon on
The perpetually outraged won’t like that one bit.
whooo_me on
Nah, let’s have a “slur tax”.
Build a bot that counts the daily occurrences of abuse, then hits them with a fine for each one. That’ll get their attention. 🙂
BorisKarloff56 on
All that’s needed is proper identity verification. Instantly get rid of bots, force the nazis into the light, burst the Russian disinformation machine.
No ID, no socials. Simple.
New_Attempt_7810 on
Yes! We should!
massiveanimefan on
It doesn’t spread hate, it shows the truth
ResponsibleTrain1059 on
So….all of them?
Charming-Potato4804 on
You can leave the communist ideology, but the communist ideology never leaves you!
caisdara on
I mean, we should, but that’d be wildly unconstitutional and authoritarian.
Cute_Bat3210 on
Most of these lads have obv been infected by the echo chambers online but really most of them are out for a laugh. Wreck the place, rob a pair of nikes lolz!!!, oh look im drinking the mcflurry from the tap at maccie dees haha! beers later . Absolute scumbags with nothin better to do and nothing useful to contribute. Lock the c@nts up
Top_Towel_2895 on
He has a point. There is no justification for the violence that these scrotes unleash. Social Media is fueling this kind of action. If there were rapists on Social Media saying come on lads lets go out and rape a few of these foreign lads there would be an uproar and calls to shut them down for giving the rapists a bad name
senditup on
Absolute moron.
A-Hind-D on
Just twitter will do
Ballerwind on
#BUT OF COURSE!
Embarrassed_Sky_4316 on
Free speech
That_Technician_439 on
fair point
Augustus_Chavismo on
Dreenar18 on
Fuck me, has this sub gone to the dogs going by these comments. See yis next week when it’s hopefully better.
sagima on
Something everyone can agree with but safe in the knowledge he’ll never have to do anything to follow up
SoloWingPixy88 on
Who defines hate?
WellWellWell2021 on
Shut them all down. Id love to turn off the Internet for a month or two. Just for the craic.
killianm97 on
We don’t need to shut down social media platforms. Social media can, at its best, be a really positive way to create connections and bridge divides. It can really help to encourage deliberation and debate (Reddit is a good example).
But our current social media networks are designed to profit off of hate, and that needs to change urgently. Since 2016, Meta/Twitter/etc realised that they could increase engagement and therefore advertising profit by forcing people to see a ‘for you’ or ‘recommended’ feed showing posts which made them angry (posts with extreme content which is anti-democracy, racist, misogynist, homophobic, pro-violence).
From that moment on, we lost our individual freedom to choose what we wanted to see on social media, which we previously had by curating who we follow and seeing their posts chronologically.
Since 2016, regardless of who we follow and what we like, the algorithm will show us ‘recommended posts’ which are ones which are more likely to be divisive and extreme. This consistently increases engagement and profit, even if it’s at the expense of social cohesion, trust in institutions, and the resilience of democracy. We all have friends who, despite following and liking harmless funny content on TikTok or Facebook, end up falling down an algorithmic rabbit hole which constantly shows them extreme political content.
We must urge our government to ban Recommender Systems on social media, and force social media companies to change the design of their networks to show posts from followers in chronological order, so that we can once again regain control over what we see on social media.
This is about protecting our democracy and regaining individual control over what we see online. The obscene profis of Twitter and Meta shouldn’t take precedent over our democracy and people’s safety.
SirMike_MT on
Free speech isn’t free of consequences, say hateful vile racist crap or incite hate or attacks you should be punished!
BillBeanous on
Just need to find ways to delete the bots, they defo can, but it would harm their numbers.
North_Activity_5980 on
This social media companies operate here and employ thousands though.
Margrave75 on
So, all of them?
Legitimate-Leader-99 on
Orwellian times are upon us,
amcl1986 on
Or at least being in legislation to verify someone’s identity on them. The biggest spreader of misinformation and disinformation is from foreign bots. 🤖
TDog81 on
I get the intent of what hes saying as social media has absolutely fucked the world up but I don’t see how you could put any guidelines around this in any enforceable way without going the full censorship route for everyone.
castion5862 on
Absolutely agree
The bullying in schools, the hatred being spread, the targeting of minorities, allowing Russian propaganda to spread and influence voters, the amount of scams people are caught with from fraudulent advertisements, inappropriate material and behaviour posted with no consequences. All other forms of media must adhere to press codes. But you can be an armchair bully or bot with no consequences.
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This is a nice way of deflecting from the issue at hand.
Instead of having a proper consideration of the immigration policies, we can all sit around and pretend the problem is one created by social media.
It’s not social media that makes people recognise (with their eyes) that areas of our country have demographically transformed to be far different than what they were even 5 years ago.
It’s not Russia spreading this, it’s even visible in our own census data.
So all of them, in some way or the other.
People all have different views, and may ‘hate’ different things. This wasn’t well thought through.
Literally old man yells at cloud based service.
Notice that the biggest gains from the fascist protests, are for authoritarians – i.e. handing the fascists a win.
The perpetually outraged won’t like that one bit.
Nah, let’s have a “slur tax”.
Build a bot that counts the daily occurrences of abuse, then hits them with a fine for each one. That’ll get their attention. 🙂
All that’s needed is proper identity verification. Instantly get rid of bots, force the nazis into the light, burst the Russian disinformation machine.
No ID, no socials. Simple.
Yes! We should!
It doesn’t spread hate, it shows the truth
So….all of them?
You can leave the communist ideology, but the communist ideology never leaves you!
I mean, we should, but that’d be wildly unconstitutional and authoritarian.
Most of these lads have obv been infected by the echo chambers online but really most of them are out for a laugh. Wreck the place, rob a pair of nikes lolz!!!, oh look im drinking the mcflurry from the tap at maccie dees haha! beers later . Absolute scumbags with nothin better to do and nothing useful to contribute. Lock the c@nts up
He has a point. There is no justification for the violence that these scrotes unleash. Social Media is fueling this kind of action. If there were rapists on Social Media saying come on lads lets go out and rape a few of these foreign lads there would be an uproar and calls to shut them down for giving the rapists a bad name
Absolute moron.
Just twitter will do
#BUT OF COURSE!
Free speech
fair point
Fuck me, has this sub gone to the dogs going by these comments. See yis next week when it’s hopefully better.
Something everyone can agree with but safe in the knowledge he’ll never have to do anything to follow up
Who defines hate?
Shut them all down. Id love to turn off the Internet for a month or two. Just for the craic.
We don’t need to shut down social media platforms. Social media can, at its best, be a really positive way to create connections and bridge divides. It can really help to encourage deliberation and debate (Reddit is a good example).
But our current social media networks are designed to profit off of hate, and that needs to change urgently. Since 2016, Meta/Twitter/etc realised that they could increase engagement and therefore advertising profit by forcing people to see a ‘for you’ or ‘recommended’ feed showing posts which made them angry (posts with extreme content which is anti-democracy, racist, misogynist, homophobic, pro-violence).
From that moment on, we lost our individual freedom to choose what we wanted to see on social media, which we previously had by curating who we follow and seeing their posts chronologically.
Since 2016, regardless of who we follow and what we like, the algorithm will show us ‘recommended posts’ which are ones which are more likely to be divisive and extreme. This consistently increases engagement and profit, even if it’s at the expense of social cohesion, trust in institutions, and the resilience of democracy. We all have friends who, despite following and liking harmless funny content on TikTok or Facebook, end up falling down an algorithmic rabbit hole which constantly shows them extreme political content.
We must urge our government to ban Recommender Systems on social media, and force social media companies to change the design of their networks to show posts from followers in chronological order, so that we can once again regain control over what we see on social media.
This is about protecting our democracy and regaining individual control over what we see online. The obscene profis of Twitter and Meta shouldn’t take precedent over our democracy and people’s safety.
Free speech isn’t free of consequences, say hateful vile racist crap or incite hate or attacks you should be punished!
Just need to find ways to delete the bots, they defo can, but it would harm their numbers.
This social media companies operate here and employ thousands though.
So, all of them?
Orwellian times are upon us,
Or at least being in legislation to verify someone’s identity on them. The biggest spreader of misinformation and disinformation is from foreign bots. 🤖
I get the intent of what hes saying as social media has absolutely fucked the world up but I don’t see how you could put any guidelines around this in any enforceable way without going the full censorship route for everyone.
Absolutely agree
The bullying in schools, the hatred being spread, the targeting of minorities, allowing Russian propaganda to spread and influence voters, the amount of scams people are caught with from fraudulent advertisements, inappropriate material and behaviour posted with no consequences. All other forms of media must adhere to press codes. But you can be an armchair bully or bot with no consequences.