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Comment Re:Just a heads up, decentralized platforms... (Score 1) 31

As for "hate speech," that's a construct invented by Soviet Russia (yes, really)

Firstly no it wasn't. Secondly, did you know that slashdot isn't exclusively right wing Americans so senile we've forgotten the cold war is over? The red scare isn't nearly so effective on the rest of us you see.

As far as I'm concerned, "hate speech" is not a problem since it doesn't actually exist

I'm wondering what other kinds of reality you claim don't exist.

Comment Re:Wrong focus (Score 1) 30

Exactly. The most important part of deterrence against most people is a good show and a person visibly being there is the easiest and most reliable way to do it because people all can imagine being stopped by other people. By a toaster on wheels? Not so much. Too abstract for most people.

Comment Re:Nothing will change. They will keep calling. (Score 1) 48

It can be done if there is political will. I have had 3 of these calls in the last 20 years. The thing that does the trick is that the telcos are required to block the sources within hours or _they_ get fined. Also notice that the scam calls in the US that use "local" numbers do nothing of the sort. All that is local is the caller ID. But the telco knows where the call really comes from, because otherwise it would not even connect.

Comment Re:so what? (Score 1) 48

Easy: Fine the telcos if they do not block the sources very fast. I have gotten 3 of total marketin/scam calls in the last 20 years with that legal situation where I live. Oh, and when a domestic call center violated all these rules, they were raided and shut down the next day. This can be done and it works.

The reason this does not work in the US is that politicians and political parties are allowed to make these calls for election .... well, fraud essentially. Those are illegal as well in most (all?) of the EU.

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