The real issue with social media is actually already illegal: you cannot form harassment gangs which stalk and abuse people.
I would support governments legislating this issue, but so often, it's seen purely through a hate-speech lens -- which is madness.
One has to wonder of the politics behind this: are harassment campaigns permissable against white men? It is fine to hate them? One has to imagine legislators believe so.
The illegal behaviour here is fairly obvious, and not so hard to police: prevent social media platforms from "easy sharing" behaviour by default, and ban it for harassing accounts, etc. Give fines to people who instigate targeted campaigns against non-public figures. Enshire an absolute right to good-faith expression for any member of the public online, so any sincerely held belief can be expressed without fear of mobbing.. etc.
It is very odd that this issue is seen through a 'minority rights' lens, rather than the more obvious social harassement lens.
I would support governments legislating this issue, but so often, it's seen purely through a hate-speech lens -- which is madness.
One has to wonder of the politics behind this: are harassment campaigns permissable against white men? It is fine to hate them? One has to imagine legislators believe so.
The illegal behaviour here is fairly obvious, and not so hard to police: prevent social media platforms from "easy sharing" behaviour by default, and ban it for harassing accounts, etc. Give fines to people who instigate targeted campaigns against non-public figures. Enshire an absolute right to good-faith expression for any member of the public online, so any sincerely held belief can be expressed without fear of mobbing.. etc.
It is very odd that this issue is seen through a 'minority rights' lens, rather than the more obvious social harassement lens.