Croass Posting: Post No. 1,944 - Addressing bigotry as the underlying and central problem it is

This originally appeared on my main blog at https://gnwmythr.blogspot.com/2021/07/post-no-1944-addressing-bigotry-as.html.

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One of the things I have long said is that we need to address bigotry as a problem, not just the latest form of bigotry which is receiving attention. 

There is now a proposal in the UK for a law to do exactly that (well, pretty close to that) for social media. 

See https://theconversation.com/a-better-way-to-regulate-online-hate-speech-require-social-media-companies-to-bear-a-duty-of-care-to-users-163808.