The wrongful death lawsuit against several social media companies for allegedly contributing to the radicalization of a gunman who killed 10 people at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York, will be allowed to proceed.
The threat of legal reprecussion and the resulting amount of moderation required to protect their ass guarantees one result.
They shut down.
YouTube, Facebook already pay as little as possible to moderation…they’d need an ARMY to clean up those comment sections. Reddit famously exploits everyone’s need for a third space to get free labor, we already know they won’t pay.
If the idea is to kill the Internet, unless yr shopping online, this would do it. Wouldn’t surprise me. Ruling parties historically don’t like the proles freely associating.
The threat of legal reprecussion and the resulting amount of moderation required to protect their ass guarantees one result.
They shut down.
YouTube, Facebook already pay as little as possible to moderation…they’d need an ARMY to clean up those comment sections. Reddit famously exploits everyone’s need for a third space to get free labor, we already know they won’t pay.
If the idea is to kill the Internet, unless yr shopping online, this would do it. Wouldn’t surprise me. Ruling parties historically don’t like the proles freely associating.
Oh no! What will we do without 100 million user websites full of bullshit and hate?!