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Supreme Court allows White House to fight social media misinformation (scrippsnews.com)
submitted 11 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Supreme Court allows White House to fight social media misinformation::Justices said the Biden Administration could continue to pressure social media firms over misleading content while a lawsuit progresses.

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[–] BluJay320@lemmy.blahaj.zone 23 points 11 months ago (3 children)

So what exactly do they define as “misinformation”?

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 32 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Demonstrably false foreign propaganda? Lies about the time, place, and results of elections? Medical advice that can be lethal if followed?

[–] SkybreakerEngineer@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Don't forget revenge porn, which was already illegal but gets Republicans really mad when it's of Hunter Biden but also taken down.

[–] jasory@programming.dev 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's not "revenge porn" if the images have already been leaked. Just like it's not espionage to report on information already leaked.

[–] GiveMemes@jlai.lu 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Is that true with revenge porn? Because with, for example, child porn, it's not like they're only going after the people making it but also the people distributing it.

Another, more analogous example: Most of those old celebrity leaks (fappening) are illegal content to host/distribute, which is why sites wouldn't/couldn't allow it even if it would drive up user traffic. (Afaik)

[–] applejacks@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

yes, the government would never wield that power in a self serving way.

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

You can say the same thing about any government power. Or about government just existing. Or about human beings just existing.

Denying people the opportunity to act in bad faith isn't a strategy, not even a bad one.

[–] SlikPikker@lemmy.ca -4 points 11 months ago

You got close there.

[–] JasSmith@sh.itjust.works 11 points 11 months ago

This is of course the problem with regulations on free speech. Any measures designed with the best of intentions are inevitably abused by future leaders. People need to imagine what Trump would do with this power.