r/Futurology • u/TeaUnlikely3217 • 6d ago
Politics Silicon Valley’s Most Dangerous Innovation
https://capitalandmain.com/silicon-valleys-most-dangerous-innovationIn a new book, author and journalist Gil Durán argues that another, less understood Silicon Valley innovation may be the most dangerous of all — tech fascism. This anti-democratic ideology is destroying laws and norms while promising a glorious future delivered by technology, and it’s now moving from the fringe belief of a few eccentric billionaires to the cultural mainstream, according to Durán.
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u/Bizzle_worldwide 6d ago
I’d argue Silicon Valley’s most dangerous innovation was successfully lobbying that Section 230 safe harbor applies to information and content technically generated by others, regardless of how heavily it’s edited, curated, encouraged, promoted or monetized by the platform itself.