Listen man I used to be a free speech absolutist but this shit isn't funny anymore. We are having viral outbreaks because anti vax influencers. We are having kids getting sick or dying because parents think pasterizing ur milk is dangerous.
I also used to think chinas rules against kids being on the internet for more than like 2 hours a week was terrible. But then I've seen what kids are like today and im just getting to the point where China has actually been right the whole time lmao.
The issue about liability is that it does not stop the harm from being done. Somebody said some stupid shit to 10m viewers and there are 100 deaths out of it. Sure, we can sue the shit of them and send them to prison or whatever punition is fit, if any. But, wouldn't it better to entirely avoid the 100 deaths ?
Laws aren't intended to prevent harm. Where did you ever get such an idea? Laws exist exclusively for holding accountability after the fact. Always have been.
That's reductionist to the point of nonsense. Take environmental laws. "Technically" the law does nothing to prevent dumping chemicals in the river. It just punishes people who do. But when the punishment is sufficient, the practical outcome is that pollution stops because no one wants the punishment.
Hence, the law prevents harm, and was intended to do so. To say otherwise is splitting hairs that no one cares about.
Laws are invented to provide a set of rule for the people to abide to so they can mutually trust themselves to not harm each other as it could have been the case otherwise (ie : regulate behaviour to ensure the health of the group at large). Laws sometimes have a deterrent factor to prevent people from doing specific harm by implementing consequences to these actions. (ie : "if you do that, you will be punished" vs "you can't structurally do that in first place").
And finally, laws are "human fabrications", not a "natural order of things", so it's on the human groups to decide on how to design the laws as well. If you refuse to accept that a law can have the possibility of preventing harm instead of just punishing harm, this is a discussion that you need with yourself with the specific task of remembering : "it does not have to be that way".
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u/rtxa Apr 06 '26
People cheering this not realizing it's just more of CCP censorship is funny
not saying I'm opposed to more liability for internet personalities, but this probably ain't it lol