Social media: Will we have to shut down social media?

Social media: Will we have to shut down social media?

Europe is saying that Twitter and Facebook are centers of disinformation and hate speech – and implies there may be large penalties if they do not censor online content very soon: Europe gives Zuckerberg 24 hours to respond about Israel-Hamas misinfo (cnbc.com)

There is no accurate way to identify misinformation accurately, and to then censor that speech. Just as people share stories offline that may not be accurate, this occurs in the online world too. There is no way to control it – except to either enforce draconian content rules that render much valid speech as invalid, or just shut them all down.

Who gets to decide what is inaccurate?

Who gets to decide what is misinformation?

Who gets to decide who it is that gets to decide?

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