Social media posts inciting hate and division have “real world consequences” and there is a responsibility to regulate content, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, insisted on Friday, following Meta’s decision to end its fact-checking programme in the United States.
  • @nyamlae@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1•3 months ago

    This is a stupid distinction to make. There is no speech that doesn’t affect people materially.

    • xigoiEnglish
      1•3 months ago

      That’s not what the distinction is about. The important thing is whether you want to shut them down because of what opinion they’re expressing, or how they’re expressing it.