When people say that Chinese people in China are too afraid to speak up, I'll just point them towards their social media like Weibo. Chinese social media makes Twitter looks tame. So, should posters be allowed to be free like wild horses? Personally, I don't think so.
Here's why I say that. In Malaysia, our elections are almost always racially charged. In the last election, an unscrupulous party paid influencers to create videos threatening voters who dare to vote for the then-opposition (now part of the coalition govt) and radicalising youths to go on a riot if the opposition wins. However, because we don't control this social media platform, it took weeks after the election for the posts to be taken down.
I still remember Facebook not taking down racist and violent posts about the Rohingya, which resulted in the genoicide.
So, as a person who sees the damage it can inflict on society - social media should be free of hate speech and violence.
When people say that Chinese people in China are too afraid to speak up, I'll just point them towards their social media like Weibo. Chinese social media makes Twitter looks tame. So, should posters be allowed to be free like wild horses? Personally, I don't think so.
Here's why I say that. In Malaysia, our elections are almost always racially charged. In the last election, an unscrupulous party paid influencers to create videos threatening voters who dare to vote for the then-opposition (now part of the coalition govt) and radicalising youths to go on a riot if the opposition wins. However, because we don't control this social media platform, it took weeks after the election for the posts to be taken down.
I still remember Facebook not taking down racist and violent posts about the Rohingya, which resulted in the genoicide.
So, as a person who sees the damage it can inflict on society - social media should be free of hate speech and violence.