Beijing time on April 18th news, the former CEO of American social news site Reddit Huang Yishan (Yishan Wong) said that if Elon Musk (Elon Musk bought Twitter, he will “in a world of pain” He believes that Musk does not fully understand the challenges facing content moderation and enforcing free speech on the Internet.
▲ Former Reddit CEO Huang Yishan
“Elon won’t solve some problems. I’m extremely sure of that. He doesn’t know what he’s facing,” Huang said in a now-hot Twitter thread. censorship is inevitable. If your social network is large enough, you are forced to censor. Not the government, not even the ‘users’, but the emerging dynamics of the social network itself.”
▲ Huang Yishan’s tweet
Yishan Huang believes that because of the way the internet works today, Musk is actually unable to uphold the free speech ideals of the “old internet.” He argues that because the modern web has grown to the point where anyone can post anything at any time, large platforms like Twitter are ultimately forced to come under scrutiny.
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