Posted on 12/22/2018 6:39:03 PM PST by Olog-hai
The Taoiseach has criticized social media companies such as Facebook, that do not think they are “accountable” for what is posted on their platforms.
Asked about threats made against groups of people after a social media video of the recent Roscommon eviction, Mr. (Leo) Varadkar said online platforms are not held to the same standard as newspaper publishers.
“As I am concerned, social media posts like that are incitement of hatred and incitement of violence, and if you were a publisher of a newspaper or a broadcaster, you wouldn’t be allowed to promote that kind of stuff and you would be held accountable for it,” he said.
“Social media companies don’t seem to think that they are in any way accountable. I know they can’t control the posts that people put up on websites or on social networks, but they can take them down. The fact that they don’t take down posts that incite hatred and incite violence is just unacceptable, in my view.”
Mr. Varadkar added his Government is working on appointing a Digital Safety Commissioner to remedy the issue.
A spokeswoman for Facebook said that threatening comments were removed, but the users or pages themselves can remain on the platform. …
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Leftist totalitarians are gonna totalitarian.
Leo Varadkar, what the h*ll kind of Irish name is that?
Indian father from Bombay.
And a fine place for the sons of Erin it is, now known as Mumbles.
At one time potatoes were the problem.
[ Indian father from Bombay. ]
At least he wasn’t 6 foot 4 and full of muscles...
“Down Under”
Travelling in a fried-out Kombi
On a hippie trail, head full of zombie
I met a strange lady, she made me nervous
She took me in and gave me breakfast
And she said:
“Do you come from a land down under
Where women glow and men plunder
Can’t you hear, can’t you hear the thunder
You better run, you better take cover.”
Buying bread from a man in Brussels
He was six foot four and full of muscle
I said, “Do you speak-a my language?”
He just smiled and gave me a Vegemite sandwich
And he said:
“I come from a land down under
Where beer does flow and men chunder
Can’t you hear, can’t you hear the thunder
You better run, you better take cover.” (yeah)
Lying in a den in Bombay
With a slack jaw, and not much to say
I said to the man, “Are you trying to tempt me?
Because I come from the land of plenty.”
And he said:
“Oh! Do you come from a land down under (oh yeah yeah)
Where women glow and men plunder
Can’t you hear, can’t you hear the thunder
You better run, you better take cover.”
L8r
So glad my Great Grand Mother and others left that cursed island long ago.
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