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Free speech doesn't protect you from encouraging someone to kill themselves. You can, and should, be held responsible for their death, if you are actively telling someone to end their own life...and they do it.
And if that's what these fucks are selling to teenagers in the form of chat it's, then they also need to be held accountable for what their products are doing.
The chatbot didn't even "actively [tell] someone to end their own life". Did you read the original transcript? Here's an excerpt from an Associated Press Article.
Yeah, I'm all for shuttering see things until we get them right, but this is a tragic case of a devastated mother reaching for answers, not a free speech issue.
It's heart breaking
isn't free speech the bs defense that the company used. that company is definitely guilty to some degree.
I'm pretty sure that can be ignored without harm. Whether someone elects to kill themselves or not is up to them.
Hold a company accountable? I wish. Might solve a few problems with capitalism.
A fee and a don't do it again so they can be on the way
I'm a little confused by your comment. Do you think I'm blaming the kid? Or do you think it's ok to talk someone into killing themselves, because the victim's personal autonomy absolves them of responsibility?