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hay rick

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8. Sadly, the incentives favor hate speech.

Reply to appmanga (Reply #6)

Fri Aug 1, 2025, 01:50 PM

Aug 2025

Social media companies get their dollars from engagement- clicks and views- not from fact-checking. They want your attention and they want you to come back for more. In the specific case of Tik Tok, they know that benefiting Trump is a ticket for keeping and expanding their American business.

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America has a first amendment problem. [View all] hay rick Aug 2025 OP

Authoritarians are the only ones who have a problem with the First Amendment. tritsofme Aug 2025 #1

Nonsense. hay rick Aug 2025 #2

The answer to "bad speech" is good speech, not the restriction of speech. Jedi Guy Aug 2025 #3

I am not advocating for changes to the First Amendment or for taking cases to court based on First Amendment violations. hay rick Aug 2025 #5

"First amendment absolutists have agreed that you can't shout 'fire!' when there is no fire in a crowded movie theater" WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2025 #4

The First Amendment restricts the government... appmanga Aug 2025 #6

Sadly, the incentives favor hate speech. hay rick Aug 2025 #8

The counterspeech doctrine lacks scientific evidence Mosby Aug 2025 #7