The idea of blocking social media sites to stop the spread of misinformation that leads to riots is a “slippery slope,” according to one industry expert.
Michele Neylon, CEO of the domain registrar company Blacknight , said proving that a site is causing “actual harm” and is"inherently bad" would be challenging from a legal standpoint.that began as a result of false rumours about a triple murder in Southport.
“More technical users would be able to get around it, but average users on their phone or laptop probably wouldn’t.”“Is that really the way we want to do things?” he said.“It’s an interesting balancing test: do you block out the opinions that you don’t like, or do you try and educate the public a bit more?
“I am one of those people who believes in a free and open internet as much as possible, but at the same time, there are big state actors and powerful companies that can manipulate what we see as reality.”“It is a slippery slope in some respects,” he said. “You will need to be able to show that a particular social network is really inherently bad in some way, and that it’s causing a lot of actual harm.”
A man was also arrested yesterday for making threats against Taoiseach Simon Harris using social media.Share this article
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