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19. OK, I get it. You have no problem with facebook allowing whatever untruths...
Wed Oct 23, 2019, 10:44 PM
Oct 2019

people want to put on its site. Zuckerberg, if he had anything driving him besides profit margin would want his platform to edit/police itself, which is what publishers and journalist pride themselves on.

Newspaper and broadcast TV sites employ editors to do that exactly—you know, standards and practices and pride in what goes on their site.

You'd think he'd want that, and you too btw.

She's pretty good... Wounded Bear Oct 2019 #1
She and Porter did a great job cornering him. blm Oct 2019 #27
meh.. Katie Porter was much better OKNancy Oct 2019 #2
Whatthefuckever. /nt tonedevil Oct 2019 #3
It's not a contest melman Oct 2019 #16
Right. "Congress...all wanted a piece of him." And got it. :) Hortensis Oct 2019 #42
Why not be gracious... SMC22307 Oct 2019 #17
Congresswoman Porter BlueIdaho Oct 2019 #25
Porter was great, as was Rep. Joyce Beatty. They asked biting questions, and.... George II Oct 2019 #46
I saw Beatty too OKNancy Oct 2019 #48
EFF! She's tough! I doubt older democrats would ask such questions ffr Oct 2019 #4
Agree 100% triron Oct 2019 #6
She did a good job, made him squirm as he struggled to not take any responsibility... brush Oct 2019 #5
Should DU have fact checkers? X_Digger Oct 2019 #8
I appreciate the problem. Setting the parameters for such regulation would be difficult. TomSlick Oct 2019 #10
There's no carve-out for internet sites.. X_Digger Oct 2019 #14
See 47 U.S.C. 230(c)(1) TomSlick Oct 2019 #24
Exclusion from a liability that they already were exempt from. X_Digger Oct 2019 #41
One last attempt to explain my position. TomSlick Oct 2019 #65
No, you can't sue CNN if an asshole libels you on air. X_Digger Oct 2019 #66
You are partially correct. TomSlick Oct 2019 #67
So, I'll ask what I asked before. Do you want fact-checkers on your posts here at DU? X_Digger Oct 2019 #68
Seriatum TomSlick Oct 2019 #69
Do you think customs, laws and industry standards came into play instantly in... brush Oct 2019 #11
The government has no power to regulate the content of speech on a private website. Period. X_Digger Oct 2019 #15
OK, I get it. You have no problem with facebook allowing whatever untruths... brush Oct 2019 #19
What part of, 'the government has no power' do you not get? X_Digger Oct 2019 #20
Get past the government will you. It's about industry standards and pride in publishing... brush Oct 2019 #21
No, it isn't. You didn't watch the hearing today, did you? Not just the linked excerpt above. X_Digger Oct 2019 #22
I watched AOC question his sorry ass, and I've been a journalist for 25 years. brush Oct 2019 #23
publisher or conduit? Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2019 #28
Right. A conduit for winger/Russian bot crap. brush Oct 2019 #29
doesn't really matter -- see 47 U.S. Code Section 230 Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2019 #30
Yes, it's up to him. He doesn't have to run it. Seems he just doesn't want to be... brush Oct 2019 #31
Then you either missed it or you're being disingenuous. X_Digger Oct 2019 #37
Is there a comprehension problem? Government either does what it can or can't. brush Oct 2019 #47
And in this case, it can't, much to AOC's eventual chagrin. n/t X_Digger Oct 2019 #51
So what's your solution ? lostnfound Oct 2019 #34
The answer to speech you don't like is more speech, not regulation. n/t X_Digger Oct 2019 #38
Facebook algorithms push duplicates of dangerous speech lostnfound Oct 2019 #44
Then speak louder. Organize. Educate. X_Digger Oct 2019 #49
What's an X digger anyway? lostnfound Oct 2019 #61
I used to think that way. Then I finally understood the difference. lostnfound Oct 2019 #62
Then encourage others do do so. Help organize. Donate time. *shrug* n/t X_Digger Oct 2019 #63
sure they have the power. apply libel laws of publishers to fb. a few winning lawsuits. fixed. Kurt V. Oct 2019 #52
A court would dismiss it the first day.. X_Digger Oct 2019 #53
not the same. my idiot bil doesn't affect billions of ppl. c'mon. Kurt V. Oct 2019 #55
No, but the concept is the same. Size has no impact on whether or not the gov't has the power. n/t X_Digger Oct 2019 #57
Don't you think size of audience of influence weighs heavily on many decisions in history? Kurt V. Oct 2019 #58
We're talking about government power. X_Digger Oct 2019 #59
the govt does this already. like with LAWS in libel in publishing, which was my original Kurt V. Oct 2019 #60
So, libel only applies when you do it in front of 50k people? X_Digger Oct 2019 #64
DU is not "fundamentally the same" as FB, which has a billion users. Anarchy doesn't work ... Hekate Oct 2019 #32
A good comparison to an oil spill polluting a public beach. Nt lostnfound Oct 2019 #35
DU is a public website. We have a TOS. Facebook is a public website, with a TOS. X_Digger Oct 2019 #39
Not a good comparison. DU doesn't sell advertisng or collect user data Merlot Oct 2019 #33
You may not see it, due to blockers / donation, but DU does have ads. X_Digger Oct 2019 #40
FB is paid by the advertisers, DU only gets paid when a user clicks on an ad Merlot Oct 2019 #45
DU gets paid per impression- just seeing the ad generates revenue. Yes, clicks more $. X_Digger Oct 2019 #50
It amazes me that AOC is smarter than 99% of the men, 100% of the Repubs in DC and now... JoeOtterbein Oct 2019 #7
Lol. If I thought you believed this, I'd think you proved your point, Hortensis Oct 2019 #43
I was picturing him as a deer in the headlights of a vehicle that can't stop in time. milestogo Oct 2019 #9
I'm sorry - a little off topic here - but who cuts his hair? smirkymonkey Oct 2019 #12
Deliberately stupid hair on conservative men is the new bowtie. tenderfoot Oct 2019 #26
trump. lol Kurt V. Oct 2019 #54
Julius Caesar's guy Lars39 Oct 2019 #36
I hate Zuck's dump haircut Polybius Oct 2019 #13
Lloyd Christmas? blugbox Oct 2019 #18
Means nothing! Facebook is not going to change at140 Oct 2019 #56
Godzilla vs Bambi. Mc Mike Oct 2019 #70
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