Re: Why can't you just say he was right?
While I agree in principle, it's not actually workable in practice because none of the "social media" sites have cracked monitoring and moderation yet. They simply can't or won't put enough people in place to either do the monitoring or respond properly to complaints.
For a current example on the BBC site for the latest Panorama programme:
Travis Frain was trolled by online conspiracists after he was filmed just after being hit by a car during the 2017 Westminster Bridge terror attack. Mobile phone footage of him standing on the bridge after breaking his leg - adrenaline delaying the pain - inspired a wave of online abuse.
He received the first message about the attack in hospital the next day.
"We know the attack was staged. I hope they hang you," it read.
In the months after the attack, Mr Frain flagged videos and posts to social media sites using their reporting tools, but he said nothing happened until his lawyer wrote to them.
YouTube did then take down various videos which promoted the theory that he was a "crisis actor", but he said he has had only varying degrees of success with other major social media sites.
We are constantly reminded by the "MSM" that complaining to "social media" has little effect unless it's about something especially egregious and/or the media or lawyers get involved which may give rise to bad publicity for the likes of Zuckerberg.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
