{"id":3407,"date":"2021-10-25T08:44:14","date_gmt":"2021-10-25T06:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/10\/25\/our-society-is-troubled-beware-those-who-blame-it-all-on-big-tech-nesrine-malik\/"},"modified":"2021-10-25T08:44:14","modified_gmt":"2021-10-25T06:44:14","slug":"our-society-is-troubled-beware-those-who-blame-it-all-on-big-tech-nesrine-malik","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/10\/25\/our-society-is-troubled-beware-those-who-blame-it-all-on-big-tech-nesrine-malik\/","title":{"rendered":"Our society is troubled. Beware those who blame it all on big tech | Nesrine Malik"},"content":{"rendered":"

The push for online regulation risks absolving the right of responsibility for the toxicity they continually stoke<\/p>\n

Every time a dramatic, unforeseen political event happens, there follows a left-field fixation that some out-of-control technology created it. Whenever this fear about big tech comes around we are told that something new, even more toxic, has infiltrated our public discourse, triggering hatred towards politicians and public figures, conspiracy theories about Covid and even major political events like Brexit. The concern over anonymity online becomes a particular worry \u2013 as if ending it will somehow, like throwing a blanket at a raging house fire, subdue our fevered state.<\/p>\n

You may remember that during the summer\u2019s onslaught of racist abuse<\/a> towards black players in the England football team, instead of reckoning with the fact that racism still haunts this country, we busied ourselves with bluster about how \u201ccowards\u201d online would be silenced if we only just demanded they identify themselves.<\/p>\n

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\nThe push for online regulation risks absolving the right of responsibility for the toxicity they continually stoke
\nEvery time a dramatic, unforeseen political event happens, there follows a left-field fixation that some out-of-control technology created it. Whenever this fear about big tech comes around we are told that something new, even more toxic, has infiltrated our public discourse, triggering hatred towards politicians and public figures, conspiracy theories about Covid and even major political events like Brexit. The concern over anonymity online becomes a particular worry \u2013 as if ending it will somehow, like throwing a blanket at a raging house fire, subdue our fevered state.
\nYou may remember that during the summer\u2019s onslaught of racist abuse towards black players in the England football team, instead of reckoning with the fact that racism still haunts this country, we busied ourselves with bluster about how \u201ccowards\u201d online would be silenced if we only just demanded they identify themselves. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The push for online regulation risks absolving the right of responsibility for the toxicity they continually stoke Every time a dramatic, unforeseen political event happens, there follows a left-field fixation that some out-of-control technology created it. Whenever this fear about big tech comes around we are told that something new, even more toxic, has infiltrated …<\/p>\n

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