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steavoh t1_j980z7u wrote

Reply to comment by heleuma in Instagram and Facebook to get paid-for verification by Argon41

You are blaming Facebook but it's the government's fault. They probably want to be out ahead of it.

If the supreme court guts section 230 when it hears google vs gonzales next week, something like this would be necessary for all public-facing posts on all social media. Basically, you won't be able to publicly post without paying because Facebook or whatever will need to review your post with a human to make it isn't libelous, harmful, etc. since they could be sued otherwise. Likewise there are some Republicans and some states that are proposing laws to require age and identity verification to use social media, so you would need to associate something like a driver's license and use facial recognition on your phone to sign in. That will probably cost some amount of money.

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heleuma t1_j98i85p wrote

I do see your point, but regardless of regulations, Facebook promotes anger and hatred through it's algorithm for the sole purpose of generating revenue by keeping people engaged. At some point we all have to hold ourselves accountable and this includes FB. I did my part by walking away (deleting) a few years ago. Unfortunately FB won't change their behavior and people won't demand it by closing their accounts. Blaming things on the government is easy.

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