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Post by whatagain on Oct 17, 2023 6:53:20 GMT
Another attack yesterday in Bruxelles.
2 Swedes - supporters of soccer - were shot close to the soccer stadium.
A third Swede is in hospital.
Radio says the terrorist has been neutralised.
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 17, 2023 9:00:48 GMT
The teacher stabbed to death by an Islamic terrorist in France will be buried on Thursday.
Both the terrorist in France and the one in Belgium posted their intentions and ideology on social media. I wonder if it would change anything if there was a 24-hour waiting period for all social media posts to appear. (The end of live streaming for one thing!)
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 17, 2023 17:10:05 GMT
It would not even have to be a waiting period. Surely all social media now has algorithms and other protocol in place to identify hate speech, threatening language, etc. and nip it in the bud. I don't know how live streaming would be controlled, but suspect there is some sophisticated monitoring system that would catch inflammatory words or images & would be able to stop the stream.
Speaking of which, day before yesterday I saw a warning that Hamas says it will post uncut videos of executions on social media.
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Post by bjd on Oct 17, 2023 18:54:09 GMT
Surely all social media now has algorithms and other protocol in place to identify hate speech, threatening language, etc. and nip it in the bud Isn't one quarrel that the EU (and others?) are having with Elon Musk and his takeover of Twitter/X is that he refuses to get rid of hate speech. In fact, he fired lots of moderators when he bought the company. Just algorithms won't be effective even if the will is there. |
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 17, 2023 19:25:23 GMT
President Macron has postponed his State visit to Sweden scheduled for later this month due to not just the events in Belgium and France but also due to the situation in Gaza.
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Post by whatagain on Oct 18, 2023 6:38:28 GMT
I think the Swedish PM goes to Belgium today.
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