Here's the thing.
Our society has evolved for thousands of years, right? Our social communication in the real world has always been judged by rules, and laws. If I say something bad to you, and you take enough offense, you can go straight to the police and i'll probably get thrown in jail. That barely happens online. Why? Because policing the internet is complicated
Here's the procedure:
1.) Someone says something bad online
2.) Someone takes notice of it and calls the police
3.) The police have to care enough about the insult to act on it. Contact website owner to acquire IP Address if they don't have backdoors to said website
4.) Website owner provides IP Address if they don't have complains. Maybe they ask for a warrant first if it's Apple and they're being stingy
5.) Authorities make sure IP Address isn't a proxy and find the local police station relevant to that area
6.) Second police station gets involved and acts upon the received information
7.) They try to find out if they got the right guy
This is a huge, huge list of tasks with tons of hoops, checkpoints, and check & balances just to take someone to court for what they said online. Why are things like this? I think it's because we don't have a real internet police solution.
Simply, because we've allowed a new social bubble to form. Just like we eventually realized we would need real police to enforce communication and interaction in the social world, we need stronger structure in the digital world. We're lacking that critical component.
This is one area where the great chinese firewall, the golden shield project in particular, really shines. If you say something bad, authorities can be at your door within the hour. Social interaction online is properly policed online just like it would be in real life. With all this garbage posting online, and all these people being converted into serial killers and mass shooters by this garbage, is it time to really start realizing the pro's to China's solution, and stop dismissing them?
Here's an article from WP from the nitty gritty if you're interested, but here's something interesting:
Would these stop mass shooters? Would these stop mass murderers? Well, I ask you this: How many times you have read threads of violence on the internet in the past week where it was clear nothing would happen to the person that posted those things? The chinese solution would catch almost all of these guys immediately.
Do you think it's time we start looking at the pro's to this solution, or is it still just too much?
Our society has evolved for thousands of years, right? Our social communication in the real world has always been judged by rules, and laws. If I say something bad to you, and you take enough offense, you can go straight to the police and i'll probably get thrown in jail. That barely happens online. Why? Because policing the internet is complicated
Here's the procedure:
1.) Someone says something bad online
2.) Someone takes notice of it and calls the police
3.) The police have to care enough about the insult to act on it. Contact website owner to acquire IP Address if they don't have backdoors to said website
4.) Website owner provides IP Address if they don't have complains. Maybe they ask for a warrant first if it's Apple and they're being stingy
5.) Authorities make sure IP Address isn't a proxy and find the local police station relevant to that area
6.) Second police station gets involved and acts upon the received information
7.) They try to find out if they got the right guy
This is a huge, huge list of tasks with tons of hoops, checkpoints, and check & balances just to take someone to court for what they said online. Why are things like this? I think it's because we don't have a real internet police solution.
Simply, because we've allowed a new social bubble to form. Just like we eventually realized we would need real police to enforce communication and interaction in the social world, we need stronger structure in the digital world. We're lacking that critical component.
This is one area where the great chinese firewall, the golden shield project in particular, really shines. If you say something bad, authorities can be at your door within the hour. Social interaction online is properly policed online just like it would be in real life. With all this garbage posting online, and all these people being converted into serial killers and mass shooters by this garbage, is it time to really start realizing the pro's to China's solution, and stop dismissing them?
Here's an article from WP from the nitty gritty if you're interested, but here's something interesting:
Even using a VPN can net you a trip to your local police station? This is saying one thing: You aren't anonymous in the real world, so why should you be anonymous online? If you interact with society, you should be held accountable for what you say.
Would these stop mass shooters? Would these stop mass murderers? Well, I ask you this: How many times you have read threads of violence on the internet in the past week where it was clear nothing would happen to the person that posted those things? The chinese solution would catch almost all of these guys immediately.
Do you think it's time we start looking at the pro's to this solution, or is it still just too much?
