Post #3389958
2026-06-17 12:35 UTC
@Newhereish@mastodon.social @angusm@mastodon.social We are in agreement then. I think that the solution is to make social media financially liable for its content. For example, it should be easy for a woman to sue a X (for example) for an offensive deep fake. The penalties should be in the hundreds of thousands of $ per page view.
Damage to children caused by social media should be the same. Currently suing a social media company in the US, UK and EU is mostly about proving that the social media company should be held liable for its content. That needs to change.
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@Newhereish@mastodon.social 2026-06-17 12:58
@gbsills@social.vivaldi.net @angusm@mastodon.social I mean, I don't think we are actually in agreement, because I wouldn't accept any of those solutions either. Deep fakes are not actually the problem, and giving people the ability to sabotage social media companies by publishing things they are liable for and getting them sued is acceptable either. They are a public space, and ought be moderated as a public space, as if it were a park or sidewalk. Restore the natural consequences of being an asshole.