DEBATE CLUB: jeudi 3 juin 2021 - What is More Important in Social Media: Free Speech or Censorship?
Social Media provide platforms for anyone to say anything. Should this always be allowed? Come to tonight’s Debate Club and share your opinions!
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C'est l'occasion rêvée pour pratiquer votre anglais dans une ambiance détendue. Animées par des professeurs qualifiés de langue maternelle anglaise, les séances de conversation du Debate Club sont conviviales, engageantes et efficaces !
DATE / LEVELS
- Thursday,June 3rd, 2021
- Faux Début. to Pre Int II
TIME / VENUE
- From 19h00 to 20h30
- Aix and Marseille
TEACHERS
- David Beardsmore (Aix)
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Joel Small (Marseille)
QUESTIONS FOR DEBATE
Are social media companies politically biased?
Should social media companies censor speech on their platforms?
If so, what kind of speech should be censored?
Should social media companies be allowed to ban users? If so, when?
Is fake news dangerous?
Who decides what fake news is?
Should these companies censor/ban users because of their political views?
Twitter and Facebook both banned ex-President Trump from their platforms while he was still in office; should they have done this?
Is this an example of the new "cancel culture"?
Should social media companies ban/censor the leaders of other countries?
Should social media companies be punished for banning users according to their political beliefs?
Should Parler, a social media alternative to Twitter, have been removed by Amazon, Google, Apple, etc.?
Does banning/censoring users actually help remove "dangerous" messages?
VOCABULARY
account
app store
ban (v)
belief
bias
cancel culture
cease (v)
censor (v)
conspiracy theory
crack-down
fact-check (v)
fake news
free speech
hosting (v)
mob
offline
"over the line" (expression)
post
restrict (v)
tread carefully (v)
user
vendor
SEARCH THE WEB FOR IDEAS!
Find articles and/or videos on the web and come prepared to share the information you have found with the others.
SUGGESTED SEARCH WORDS FOR THIS SUBJECT
cancel culture
Parler removed
social media free speech
Twitter banned Trump
SUGGESTED WEBSITES FOR MATERIALS
https://www.bbc.co.uk/
https://www.youtube.com/?gl=GB
www.guardian.co.uk
www.independent.co.uk
www.nytimes.com
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