Mozilla - Deplatforming is Not Enough

[TheOneX]

https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2021/01/0 ... ntent=card

We need more than deplatforming
Mitchell Baker January 8, 2021

There is no question that social media played a role in the siege and take-over of the US Capitol on January 6.

Since then there has been significant focus on the deplatforming of President Donald Trump. By all means the question of when to deplatform a head of state is a critical one, among many that must be addressed. When should platforms make these decisions? Is that decision-making power theirs alone?

But as reprehensible as the actions of Donald Trump are, the rampant use of the internet to foment violence and hate, and reinforce white supremacy is about more than any one personality. Donald Trump is certainly not the first politician to exploit the architecture of the internet in this way, and he won’t be the last. We need solutions that don’t start after untold damage has been done.

Changing these dangerous dynamics requires more than just the temporary silencing or permanent removal of bad actors from social media platforms.

Additional precise and specific actions must also be taken:

Reveal who is paying for advertisements, how much they are paying and who is being targeted.

Commit to meaningful transparency of platform algorithms so we know how and what content is being amplified, to whom, and the associated impact.

Turn on by default the tools to amplify factual voices over disinformation.

Work with independent researchers to facilitate in-depth studies of the platforms’ impact on people and our societies, and what we can do to improve things.

These are actions the platforms can and should commit to today. The answer is not to do away with the internet, but to build a better one that can withstand and gird against these types of challenges. This is how we can begin to do that.

[SuburbanFarmer]

Jesus... et tu, Firefox?

[The Conservative]

Jesus... et tu, Firefox?

Did you expect anything less? Seriously what rock have you been hiding under? People here have been saying to use Brave, etc for how long?

[PartyOf5]

I read this a few days ago.

This. Is. War.

The usual hypocrisy. The usual accusations of being a Nazi to try and justify it. The 1984-style big brother monitoring in the name of protection.

I may go move to Florida and live among the Cuban immigrants. They have seen this firsthand and understand what is going on.

[SuburbanFarmer]

Jesus... et tu, Firefox?

Did you expect anything less? Seriously what rock have you been hiding under? People here have been saying to use Brave, etc for how long?

First I’ve heard of it but sure.

[The Conservative]

Jesus... et tu, Firefox?

Did you expect anything less? Seriously what rock have you been hiding under? People here have been saying to use Brave, etc for how long?

First I’ve heard of it but sure.

I've been saying use it since 2019... but it just shows how much people actually read what I post.

[SuburbanFarmer]

Did you expect anything less? Seriously what rock have you been hiding under? People here have been saying to use Brave, etc for how long?

First I’ve heard of it but sure.

I've been saying use it since 2019... but it just shows how much people actually read what I post.

Most of your posts are a confused mess to tell us how smart you are. They’re not getting a deep readership.

[The Conservative]

First I’ve heard of it but sure.

I've been saying use it since 2019... but it just shows how much people actually read what I post.

Most of your posts are a confused mess to tell us how smart you are. They’re not getting a deep readership.

Then ask questions, or STFU... because I seem to be more right about what is going on than most of the people playing catch-up.

[SuburbanFarmer]

I've been saying use it since 2019... but it just shows how much people actually read what I post.

Most of your posts are a confused mess to tell us how smart you are. They’re not getting a deep readership.

Then ask questions, or STFU... because I seem to be more right about what is going on than most of the people playing catch-up.

Exactly one post from December 6th. In which you waffle between Firefox and brave.

this year?
... results. Yeah I rarely use Google. Also, Firefox at least appears to be interested in your privacy. Lots of easy tools to block trackers etc. Brave is the same way. But always be cautious to those entities that want to ”protect” your data by storing it on their servers.

And now you’re prancing about as if we’re fools for thinking Firefox was a privacy-based browser.

Do you see why nobody takes you seriously yet?

[The Conservative]

Most of your posts are a confused mess to tell us how smart you are. They’re not getting a deep readership.

Then ask questions, or STFU... because I seem to be more right about what is going on than most of the people playing catch-up.

Exactly one post from December 6th. In which you waffle between Firefox and brave.

this year?
... results. Yeah I rarely use Google. Also, Firefox at least appears to be interested in your privacy. Lots of easy tools to block trackers etc. Brave is the same way. But always be cautious to those entities that want to ”protect” your data by storing it on their servers.

And now you’re prancing about as if we’re fools for thinking Firefox was a privacy-based browser.

Do you see why nobody takes you seriously yet?

No, you are fools to think that this stuff wasn't there in the first place, there were too many signs out there to say that this was happening. Hell with the removal of people, and also the way that the environments, in general, have grown into a near dystopian situation, you'd be either extremely naive or a fool to not see the writing on the wall.

If you are trusting other people with your privacy, you are going to get what you deserve.