It's trivial to stop it. Go off-line, problem solved.
What those people really want is the ability to control other's people speech by claiming that subjective attacks on them like 'online abuse' are real.
What those people really want is the ability to control other's people speech by claiming that subjective attacks on them like 'online abuse' are real.
I don't think that the right response to someone who has faced a threat to themselves or their families is to tell them to toughen up, or to hide. Neither of those would be accepted in the material world.
N.B. this doesn't mean I'm automatically in favor of removing anonymity on the 'net. I'm really not sure what I believe about that yet. But if I understand what you're saying correctly, then I disagree strongly.
Now as everyone is online, including all kind of people with mediocre IQ and EQ from underage children to religious extremists and the Internet is also full of bots and agents of propaganda I feel like the most popular places like Facebook (which have became more influential than TV, let alone newspapers) really should be watched and moderated thoroughly.
I still feel like private and semi-private places where reasonably low numbers of likely-minded people hang out and speak freely like they would in their own kitchen (rather than when visiting a kindergarten accompanied by a probation officer) should be allowed to exist though.
Why do people insist on taking other people (and social media) so seriously?
They know they can get a response and flex power in real and perceptible ways. That test today? Nope.
Same with trolling and online activity. This is also why there was generally the rule of don't chuck your personal info out there period.
Nazis kill people.
I think you read the bad title... The article is fair and correct. There's an inherent problem with the social network algorithms that radicalizes extreme views. This isn't free speech. It's the opposite of that. Facebook nudges these people into an echo chamber of hatred. They don't hear contradictory speech that might get through and moderate them a bit. Just the hatred to keep them online and clicking.
Where's the inflection point where one has ultimate authority over their own actions? I find it hard to swallow the pill of "the social network made me do it."
To be clear, I'm not saying social media doesn't have or amplify problems. I just fear the abdication of personal responsibility there. That leads to some seriously dark avenues.