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NYTimes: How the Internet Threatens Democracy
From: "Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>
Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2017 13:38:37 -0500
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From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren () vortex com> Date: March 2, 2017 at 12:25:04 PM EST To: nnsquad () nnsquad org Subject: [ NNSquad ] NYTimes: How the Internet Threatens Democracy NYTimes: How the Internet Threatens Democracy https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/02/opinion/how-the-internet-threatens-democracy.html Even though in one sense President Trump's victory in 2016 fulfilled conventional expectations -- because it prevented a third straight Democratic term in the White House -- it also revealed that the internet and its offspring have overridden the traditional American political system of alternating left-right advantage. They are contributing -- perhaps irreversibly -- to the decay of traditional moral and ethical constraints in American politics. - - - We built the Internet. We can fix it. We need not feel obligated to host the speech of hatemongers, racists, liars, and propagandists -- nor permit our ad platforms to enrich them. The first amendment only applies to government actions related to speech. Time to toss the racists and fascists off of our platforms -- they can go build their own with their own money. Good riddance. --Lauren--
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