Dr. Sadler's Philosophy Pop-Up | Topic: Banning and Blocking People Online

 

Join me for another monthly Philosophy Pop-Up, brought to you by my Patreon supporters. This time around, I'll be discussing a topic I've been giving a lot of thought to - the ethics of banning or blocking people in the online environment. I'll also be answering your questions and addressing your comments - so make sure you get them in early on! 0:00 Intro 17:41 Belligerency 18:58 Leaving Facebook 20:12 Media Theory 22:08 Blocked with pride 25:15 Media leading public opinion 27:48 Curating online discussions 28:58 President blocking people vs companies blocking people 31:17 Blocked for spam ok, everything else not ok? 33:02 warn or to straight block? Unwritten contracts. 34:41 Trolling vs Journalism 35:45 Marxism on content creation. 38:11 Hot Topics 39:40 Social Media as a government provided human right 40:45 Popular misunderstood philosophy 44:15 Avoiding information that challenges your belief system, too easy with the internet? 45:32 Trolling 53:50 Government provided social media pt.2 58:30 Speed of dealing with banning 1:00:00 De-platforming vs banning 1:01:21 Was Socrates a troll, would he have been banned justly?