The law needs to start holding both individual actors AND the platforms that give them a voice to account.On a similar legal note, I’d love the plaintiffs here to win damages.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-68135904
Reminiscent of rent-a-gob Alex Jones losing his case for lying about Sandy Hook.
It’s simply not ok for us to keep allowing X (formerly known as Twitter*) and Facebook to get away with the argument that they are not the publishers of the content.
In the past, platforms like newspapers and TV have been held accountable for content. Social media platforms should be no different.
NSC are quick to clamp down on defamatory statements. We need to see social media platforms stamping out the same statements just as fast.
*this parenthesis should be added at all times, if only to annoy Elon.