Freedom of speech and freedom of "scream"

Social media is the biggest propaganda machine in history. This was asserted (twice in a row) by Sacha Baron Cohen, also known as Borat, Ali G, Bruno, that is, a British comedian who, by his own admission, has spent the last twenty years disguised as his characters.

Now he has appeared under his real name to receive recognition from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) for his contribution to the fight against all forms of bigotry, hatred and bigotry. On that occasion, he gave a speech that, ahem, "set the social networks on fire." What is unusual about this is that his speech was about how social networks should be "burned down" or at least brought under control, if they are not brought to common sense and laws that do not apply to them.

SBK spoke emotionally and strongly, he simply riddled the public with claims that the companies that manage social networks are irresponsible and greedy. That they hide behind platitudes about freedom of speech when they allow various counter-arguments to spread conspiracy theories and hatred, that they appeal to the need to hear two sides even in situations where truth and lies, science and superstition are opposed.

The strongest moment was when he asserted that Facebook would have allowed Hitler to spread his propaganda without grumbling, if only it had existed a hundred years ago and the Nazis had paid for advertisements properly. This is confirmed by the events in Myanmar, that is, the persecution of Rohingya Muslims.

According to Cohen, anyone who equates "freedom of speech and freedom of speech" is not much better than the various scoundrels who use Internet platforms to spread hatred and fear. He agrees that the US Constitution supports freedom of speech, but adds that this applies to society as a whole and that private companies should not pretend to be unskillful, but should organize their businesses as they see fit.

Just as the owner of a pub will not serve a sumptuous lunch to a guest who curses and insults other guests because it is his constitutional right to "freedom of expression", but will throw him out headfirst, in the same way Mark Zuckerberg should not tolerate fascists and pedophiles on Facebook by hiding are behind the right to hear all views, said Cohen.

People can't make their own decisions at a time when two-thirds of millennials have never heard of Auschwitz, and seductive ultra-rightists are fooling them with lies that the Holocaust never happened, Cohen said, asking the owners of six major Internet companies to take responsibility for the truth of the information they spread. their users, especially politicians, post on the networks. In fact, responsibility should not be demanded from them, but it should be imposed on them by establishing an international body composed of representatives of all the countries of the world, SBK cried.

Because, he claims, the world is at a turning point and in the next 12 months, the long-term fate of democracy will be decided in the elections in the USA and Britain. That is why it is necessary to establish a system in which good is above evil, truth above lies, and science above superstitions and conspiracies. Otherwise, we will live in a world where Cohen's jokes about fools and extremists will no longer be laughable.