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twitter facebook the enormous power of social media has never been so clear since rioters stormed the us capital in washington are the platforms out of control and what role has opened up for new players like parlor and mivi today on shift [Music] u.s president trump pretty much governed by tweet he used twitter to speak directly to his almost 90 million followers among them were fans and foes people in politics in business and from the press a win-win situation for trump and twitter for a long time but now social media has suddenly put the brakes on by blocking his accounts private companies are banning the world's most powerful men from speaking out what does it mean when digital corporations have this much influence the twitter account at realdonaldtrump had 89 million followers now all that's left of his beloved megaphone and weapon of choice is his twitter handle trump fired off 12 200 tweets in 2020 alone often with alarming content let's walk down pennsylvania with just a few words on twitter trump was able to mobilize his supporters who recently even stormed the capital in washington dc trump praised them on the popular social media site by silencing donald trump facebook and twitter helped to accomplish what police and politicians basically failed to do prevent a further escalation in violence social media outmaneuvered the president but this raises new questions should social media posts be blocked if so which posts and who gets to decide meanwhile trump tweeted from other accounts rallying support and planning further action twitter has deleted his tweets and stated that any other account he uses will be subject to suspension but with many other platforms within his reach it won't be hard to make his voice heard or he could just set up his own platform well that's one way to stop people from silencing him many right-wing conservatives had already jumped ship from twitter and facebook anyway because of blocking and alleged censorship and headed for alternative platforms like mewi gap and parlor and it was on parlor in particular that many radical trump supporters rallied to storm the capital this is what it looked like [Music] [Applause] they shared photos of themselves storming the capital they made fun of frightened politicians and threatened them with violence violent hate speech has been trending on the platform parlour with calls to kill the pedophile elites hang them and tighten the noose with social media users who want to crash the system and throw politicians behind bars or worse a group on the gap network says that when democracy becomes tyranny being armed is the only option and of course there have been plenty of misogynistic and sexist insults flying around also in the firing line of these alternative platforms the media and major social networks users believe that they've been infiltrated by communists and that global elites are systematically suppressing the truth anyone caught in these circles could be led to believe it's all a big conspiracy against the patriotic americans these opinions were so extreme that apple and google removed the parlor app from their app stores amazon immediately cut its hosting services to parlor the network is now temporarily offline parlor sued amazon against what they say is a politically motivated decision why is this particular platform being held to account at the same time the hashtag hang mike pence went viral on twitter shortly after the capital was stormed [Applause] and extreme conspiracy videos are still as widely available as ever on youtube moderating content is a tricky business and not exactly a success story yet apps like parlour market themselves as mediators of unbiased news and an alternative to the big players a place where users have freedom and the users take this one step further as this post shows but if you're thinking that only trigger happy right-wing extremists proud these alternative platforms then think again the main investor in the network which was founded in 2018 is rebecca mercer the mercer family are among trump's biggest supporters many opinion leaders and republican politicians now have parlor accounts there are liberal groups on the alternative web as well tim berners-lee is on miwi's advisory board the man who's generally credited with inventing the world wide web and a long time campaigner for a freer internet the call for freedom of speech is of course not just the right wing phenomenon one conspiracy theory making the rounds is that microsoft founder bill gates unleashed the coronavirus so that he could implant everyone with a chip and establish a new world order facebook and twitter have been removing this content and banning the users who push it online like donald trump that is why tech startups like parlor have surged in popularity founded two years ago this twitter alternative recorded more than half a million downloads in a single week the social network miwi climbed to third place in the apple and google app stores because both allow content that is now banned on twitter and facebook there's been a flurry of posts and comments making wild speculations about the side effects of the covet 19 vaccine they warn against vaccinating children even though the vaccine has not yet been tested on them and isn't approved for anyone under the age of 16. mark weinstein is the founder of mewi you know what we allow is freedom of speech and common rules of decency so if on me we you have an opinion about whether a vaccine is effective or not and you are not posting hate content inciting violence bullying breaking the law then that's none of our business this is social media this is what section 230 is all about it protects freedom of speech this is also important to conservative paul hubel he believes that democrats stole the u.s presidential election we watched him open a meew account he firmly believes that facebook and twitter want to stifle voices like his i joined them and i was so tired of going to facebook jail but i want the liberals there too i want them to i want to hear what they have to say cannot have a discourse where we're frank to each other tell each other the truth if if one of us is always being shut down but so far huble's attempts to find a spectrum of political opinions on the new alternative social networks have been in vain the only followers suggestions he receives on parlia are right-wing conservatives like fox news presenter hannity phil robertson from the reality tv show duck dynasty and donald trump when twitter banned trump he swiftly joined parlor these new social networks are also quickly becoming dangerous echo chambers echo chamber that's something you hear a lot at the moment i think twitter facebook etc have played a crucial role in dividing society for years they've been luring their customers into these bubbles showing them only what aligns with their worldview to keep them on their platform for longer and make more money from them controversial and shocking clips arrive because they hold the user's attention perhaps it's no wonder that some users see the current intervention as an infringement of their freedom and are looking for other spaces where they're not silenced until now u.s platforms have not been required to moderate or censor content thanks to a law that was established in the 1990s one that a cyber security expert describes as the 26 words that created the internet silicon valley is home of social media networks and section 230 is the foundation they rest upon it states that companies like facebook and twitter are not liable for the content posted on their platforms [Music] this section of the u.s communications decency act is seen by many as a carter blanche to publish anything and everything but these sites might soon have this immunity diminished their position as impartial publishers would be history it would mean big changes for users too we met eric goldman in the heart of silicon valley mountain view he's a law professor and trains lawyers to work with tech companies he says platforms cannot be held responsible for all content so section 230 has become a euphemism for the broader phenomenon of tech lash there's a lot of anger towards the existing internet incumbents and feeling like they have too much power and that they're wielding that power in a poor way and section 230 is viewed as the tool that they rely upon in order to engage in this abusive activity there are several bills that address the section 230 reform the proposed changes would affect three key areas which content can be removed to whom does section 230 apply and how will companies monitor online content in breach of regulations a third category is to try and impose some kind of procedural governance over internet services to say whatever content you're dealing with this is the way in which we want you to manage your content moderation operation so something like the packed act that says you have to provide people who want to complain about content a phone number and if you remove content you have to tell the people whose content was removed why it was removed perhaps with these extra more transparent widely available channels of communication for reporting inappropriate content users would think twice before posting in the first place goldman is critical of the reforms though saying they won't keep tech giants in line but they will drive startups and smaller companies into financial ruin wikipedia is another fine example how do we have a user-edited encyclopedia in a world where the operator of that service is liable for whatever problems are created by their users it simply doesn't exist what's the world look like if we take away wikipedia we take away services like reddit that let us talk to each other and explore conversations that we're not having anywhere else the internet has of course opened up new horizons of possibilities but right now social media is like an uncontrollable tidal wave of fake news and hate speech with serious consequences for all of us it's an almost impossible conflict to resolve but for me one thing is clear the decision about what can and cannot be said should not lie with private companies and we as users need to sharpen up fact check burst our social media bubbles listen to people's opinions that contradict our own and report hate speech to the operators it's worth our time what do you think do you support complete freedom of speech or do you think content should be moderated is it okay to ban someone after they've been warned or is that censorship let us know on facebook youtube on dw.com that's all from me see you next time [Music]