ORRR we can block the countries known to employ bot farms.
“How do we solve this puzzle? It’s time for a non-tracking user ID verification system, requiring social media platforms to verify the true identities of their users. ”
When people start arguing for verification WITHOUT safeguarding your legal right to privacy, you better do your RUH-ROH because they are not your friend. Today the US has no meaningful laws guarding your privacy.
This is a bad idea.
https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/technology/4959447-social-media-id-verification/
When people suggest this, you can be GUARANTEED some will use it to track and monetize that information.
They will argue, as this guy did, “ Instead of relying exclusively on government-controlled verification processes, an alternative is for social media companies to partner with a vendor or create their own verification systems. Of note, a handful of independent companies already provide user verification for financial services and other industries.”
Tada! Problem solved… now instead of …
Instead of HUNDREDS of bad actors, we concentrate it down to a few bad actors.
Just like we did with credit authorization and that has worked out well, right?
JFC, this guy is probably lobbying Republicans right now.
What we NEED FIRST is a privacy bill like EU’s GDPR. Then, we can talk about a verification system.
These people love to talk about taking the remains of your privacy first. All for the low low price of more internet ads and monetizing your life.
They don’t want government involved because government bad. Except it does Social Security very well and all those war secrets? They’re secret.
You know who absolutely SUCKS at keeping private info private? Private businesses.
So anyone who says a CORPORATION is going to do better at verification AND keep your information private is full of shit.
I honestly don’t care what his bonafides are, he is just wrong. History is against him.
“But what about Facebook and other social media?”
They had their chance. The only social media that’s lived up to this is CoSo.
Hell, @th3j35t3r would be perfect for it! 😁
@feloneouscat I would seize his assets after I took his citizenship and charged him with election interference and being a foreign agent. Then I would split twitter to prevent monopoly or implement something where there needs to be a board for large platforms.
@feloneouscat we've seized assets of people who were less crooked.
If I was in charge of some things in government I would offer Musk $1 billion for Twitter, revamp it and make it a government owned entity. I would then hire the best in security and block known bot farms.
Once a tight privacy law was enacted THEN ensure a government funded and controlled security apparatus was set up that BY LAW did not monetize Americans.
This new version of Twitter would allow states and cities the ability to safely and securely run PSN’s.
Privacy would be secured.