Neil Young quits Facebook because of its “obvious commitments” to right politics

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21598082

by loofatoofa • 7 years ago

11 4 7 years ago

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kleer001• 7 years ago

Is there an article link?

krustyburger• 7 years ago

https://neilyoungarchives.com/news/1/article?id=Facebook-Is-...

stevenicr• 7 years ago

Bing shows this: https://consequenceofsound.net/2019/11/neil-young-quits-face... as first result for search of hn thread title string

that article points to a message posted on his 'neil young archives site' where he appears to be mulling pulling the plug on fbook.. ( https://neilyoungarchives.com/news/1/article?id=Message-From... )

campfireveteran• 7 years ago

Disclaimer: I don't subscribe neatly to a particular political label.

Commercial social media platforms have way too much power to put their thumb on the scale, i.e., manufacture consent and subvert democracy to whoever pays them the most: Cambridge Analytica, HRC, etc. A better state of things would require large social media platforms be:

1. Prohibited from monetizing ads for themselves or data-reselling. (Subscriptions and donations okay. Company and individual/celebrity pages monetizing ads okay.)

2. Similar to the previous equal time rule in mainstream media, but extended to stay out of politics.

2.a. Prohibited from officially favoring any candidate or adjusting algorithms to accomplish the same.

2.b. Prohibited from running political ads.

2.c. Prohibited from contributing to elected officials or PACs. (May or may not require overturning CU.)

3. Required to monitor content for violence, terrorism, child endangerment, bullying, genocide, and mis/dysinformation.

Just like the seperation between church and state, seperation between social media and state (and eventually, seperation between extreme wealth (corporations) and state).

Neil Young quits Facebook because of its “obvious commitments” to right politics

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