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Content moderators per community guidelines. Why is this so hard?
And who do you select as moderators? Who ensures their moderation is consistent with community guidelines? What are the consequences if they moderate unfairly?
If we are talking platforms, then the employees of that platform. If we are talking federation, then the community and groups leading the communities. The consequences are the same as always. Bans for rule violations, and the freedom we all share to use or not use these platforms.
As long as we're keeping the government out of it, I'm happy. People need the ability to vote with their feet and use other platforms, and that's not feasible if the moderation comes from government rules.
Platforms can and will use the law as an excuse to push their agenda. "Oops, that looks like hate speech, it's out of my hands" to any content they don't like. A law like that justifies bad behavior and silence of dissent.
Solid points. I'm with you. I admit I am skeptical of all platforms. I operate from the assumption that we only hear about moderation when these platforms want to control content for other reasons. Moderation for hate speech could be as simple as moderation for porn, but it is not because it isn't about hate speech, it is about what the platforms can and can't control. Which was the point I was trying to make. Sorry if that got lost.