Apparently only certain people in the US are entitled to a point of view, everyone else is forced to carry it. Forced recital is free speech now.
Can this administration get any dumber or crazier? I think not, but they always surprise you. History will not be kind.
benoau•1mo ago
It's worse than that, they don't want the EU to restrict Meta and X sowing hate-speech and political division.
The EU's DSA law is prohibiting advertising based on gender, religion, sexuality and political affiliation, requiring transparency around who funded advertisements, and requiring algorithms reveal why you are being served any particular content.
That is the "censorship" the US is fighting to prevent.
docjay•1mo ago
“requiring algorithms reveal why you are being served any particular content.”
Curious, what does that do for you?
benoau•1mo ago
For most people it's just going to be "you get cooking videos because you liked cooking videos".
But it also pierces bubbles, like if X has to disclaim its AI replies with divisive stuff because it's skewed to produce divisive stuff, and you're seeing a lot of it because of your traits: young man, white, christian.
This transparency covers why you as an individual receive the content, and regulators understanding how the platform recommends content.
docjay•1mo ago
Ok, so mostly just as a curiosity? Surely it’s not going to say something outright incriminating next to your profile, like “- Decided to see if we can mess with their gender confidence” or “- MKUltra 2.0 Subject #87,012”
I can see where you’re going with the young, white, Christian = [Interest group D4], but I think that gets into what people think Facebook and such really are. Are they showing people what they want, or what they should see? If a profile had (Mountain Dew, WWE Wrestling, White, Male, Carpentry) a company gambling with their ad $ would say “All you can eat BBQ ribs at Jimmy’s Smoke Joint”, because that’s a fair guess about what they want. Although it’d surely be nice if they saw ads for a delicious Coq au Vin and maybe took the opportunity to expand their horizons, but that’s not what any part of the system exists to do, and I’m not sure I really fault them for it.
It’s really no different with any other dichotomy; politics, rage bait, educational…what they probably want is terrible and gives you heart disease and the stupids, but they don’t exist to force vegetables onto your plate.
general1465•1mo ago
EU is on correct path. US decided to include in their doctrine to replace current governments in EU with right wing governments. So limiting hate speech and divisive content for Europeans is significantly curbing US ability to achieve that and as a bonus it is limiting Russians running around with their propaganda.
jleyank•1mo ago
I hope there's a bit of a pissing contest banning people on each side based on commentary, hair colour, ... Perhaps the US administration will "go nuclear" and get rid of the visa waver program?
nutjob2•1mo ago
Can this administration get any dumber or crazier? I think not, but they always surprise you. History will not be kind.
benoau•1mo ago
The EU's DSA law is prohibiting advertising based on gender, religion, sexuality and political affiliation, requiring transparency around who funded advertisements, and requiring algorithms reveal why you are being served any particular content.
That is the "censorship" the US is fighting to prevent.
docjay•1mo ago
Curious, what does that do for you?
benoau•1mo ago
But it also pierces bubbles, like if X has to disclaim its AI replies with divisive stuff because it's skewed to produce divisive stuff, and you're seeing a lot of it because of your traits: young man, white, christian.
This transparency covers why you as an individual receive the content, and regulators understanding how the platform recommends content.
docjay•1mo ago
I can see where you’re going with the young, white, Christian = [Interest group D4], but I think that gets into what people think Facebook and such really are. Are they showing people what they want, or what they should see? If a profile had (Mountain Dew, WWE Wrestling, White, Male, Carpentry) a company gambling with their ad $ would say “All you can eat BBQ ribs at Jimmy’s Smoke Joint”, because that’s a fair guess about what they want. Although it’d surely be nice if they saw ads for a delicious Coq au Vin and maybe took the opportunity to expand their horizons, but that’s not what any part of the system exists to do, and I’m not sure I really fault them for it.
It’s really no different with any other dichotomy; politics, rage bait, educational…what they probably want is terrible and gives you heart disease and the stupids, but they don’t exist to force vegetables onto your plate.
general1465•1mo ago