• dan@upvote.au
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    22 hours ago

    The US has freedom of speech, so having the government vet every poster is kind of a problem

    That’s true, but it could be the platforms doing the vetting rather than the government.

    Is it any different to requiring an ID in order to use a service, like what Discord is doing (as required for legal compliance)?

    I guess I’m just annoyed at how much bad health advice is on social media.

    • Pycorax@sh.itjust.works
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      18 hours ago

      That’s true, but it could be the platforms doing the vetting rather than the government.

      I’m frankly not sure if that’s any better. It’s not in the interest of the platforms to do a proper job of it especially if said platforms allow payments through them and get a cut of the sales. So it ends up being the government to enforce it and that opens up another can of worms.