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Meta laid off staff on disinformation teams responsible for election safety, report says
(www.businessinsider.com)
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
Sorry, I'm going to try to be less argumentative ๐
I personally consider things like freedom of thought, freedom of choice, and freedom of expression to be pretty sacred, and to restrict those is a massive ethics issue.
The problem is we do have government putting pressure on tech companies to implement these polices. Zuckerberg has been infront of Congress multiple times. To me that's just a loop hole.
And why can't I have an opinion on how Meta polices their information?
In this instance though Meta is downgrading their department.
No right or freedom is absolute or without limit. I'm okay with you choosing to do pretty much anything up until it harms someone else, and that's the limit. When your expression harms others, express it privately.
There's different degrees of harm. We all live in society, that means our choices impact other people. The electronics powering the infrastructure we're using are full of cobalt picked by child hands. You can't eat almonds without contributing to death.
There's a significant difference between punching someone in the face vs posting a Facebook article. And in my opinion, trying to exert control over the expression of others is a much more deliberate and direct act.