Good argument to take a step back and consider alternatives to the current approach to ban hate speech.

  • @N0b3d@lemmy.ml
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    43 years ago

    I’m not sure it’s good enough, really. By the time a, possibly vulnerable, victim has seen abuse directed against them the damage is done. Saying that everyone should be able to use third party tools, for example, doesn’t recognise that not everyone is savvy enough technically to use them, to keep them updated, or even to know that they exist or which is the best one for them to use (for whatever browser you are using now, how many ad-blocking add-ons are there? How many of your “normal” friends or relatives use one of them?). Much like advertising, receiving abuse should be an “opt in” thing. Also much like advertising, I suspect that few people would actively choose to opt in.