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

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Channel: Gregory B. Sadler - That Philosophy Guy · 2018 · Education

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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?

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