thaonephil comments

Even before reading the article I was already sure antivaxx posters would be commenting how this is nothing to worry about, or how people should just get measles. Surprising to see this is not the case yet.

With the current trend of Japan Today attracting users that attack vaccines this seems like a positive trend, or maybe it just too early and the users that always use the same antivaxxer tropes are just late. After all serious news sites don't allow that kind of disinformation anymore. Ñ

Irresponsible owners cause victims, both human and animal.

I must confess I am surprised to find an article about vaccines in this site that is not plagued by antivaxx comments, good to see the community of this site has improved so much.

empty promise that Ishiba has no idea about how to fulfill (and probably no interest either).

good that things are changing, now people (and sites, services) are being made responsible for the harassment.

Friends and family in Kyushu are worried sick of this, taking extra precautions for the following weeks.

Mass media sites can be as bad or even worse, just try complaining about dangerous disinformation in the comments and the only result you are going to get is your complaint deleted.

At this point I just complain directly with the sponsors, when I fill feedback on things paying for ads or full promotional articles I just put a couple of examples of pages plagued with dangerous antivaxxer disinformation comments and ask if they know their products are being promoted in places with this kind of bad reputation.

Now people will have to be more careful with these accusations, for a long time a lot of people got away slandering others as long as the victim was not too important, not anymore.

And sites can also be made responsible for letting people break the law this way, some people have got a nice sum of money by proving site administrators did not enforce anti-slander or anti-harassment rules, good for them.

This is the only place I see g-shock publicity, so now I automatically relate them to trolling, antivaxxers and people trying to defend having sex with underage girls.

Institutionalized harassment will not change for decades even with attention from overseas news.

Even internet sites like this have plenty of users that spread lies, paranoia, bigotry and hate speech in the comments (even if clearly against the rules), if it has been impossible to control the problem here it makes no sense to expect it to be solved for much bigger platforms.

Smoke is not harmless, even coming from healthier sources.

On social media platforms, algorithms are mainly designed to amplify information that sustains engagement, meaning they keep people clicking on content and coming back to the platforms. 

So, like here then, where users are free to make outrageous claims, hate speech, attack, harass and dox others without consequence in the comment section since this brings traffic to the site. A few years back breaking the rules this way meant at least the accounts would be banned, after it was just a suspension, later the post just removed but the posters free to make them again a few minutes later, now they are left undisturbed. Slowly but surely collecting toxic users because this promotes engagement, even if it is the worst kind.

Hana Kimura death was a tragedy that should have been prevented, but her family and the public reacted very strongly and some small change happened because of it, now at least people can be punished for their cruelty in social media and that can make some stop their attacks.

The new laws also had some extra benefits since now it is easier for victims to sue internet services when they do not apply their own rules and let other users systematically harass them, and the best part is that this not only applies to social media. Sites that end up collecting toxic users like the comment section of this site sooner or later will have to face the consequences of this. Once personal attacks, threats, insults and harassment become as common as it is here it is only a matter of time until someone gets a nice sum by complaining about it with a lawyer, since nobody gets banned here and harassing posts are all in the profile of the abusers this is going to be quite easy to prove.

I find ironic that the poll is up here, a site where users routinely insult, attack and harass others in the comment section without facing any consequence.

A good ending with everybody involved getting arrested, too many parents in Japan think that letting their offspring avoid taking responsibility is good parenting when it is just the opposite.

Some people wages go up, prices for everybody go up even more, the situation is not going to improve for anybody but a selected few that profit from everybody else's ruin.

Maybe this explains why the prime minister had to look to a homemade bomb upclose, if people taking care of him are so depressed and stressed that they kill themselves during work they are not going to be doing their jobs properly.

Announced disaster. Long before ChatGPT was developed people wrote a lot about how dangerous it would be for machines being able to simulate human actions, the people making the algorithms simply didn't care about those dangers and focused only on how to make them profitable.

As I understand it, introducing the password is just one step on the security process, if people stop using passwords the criminals may just hijack the next step so accounts are unlocked.

Being close to many cancer patients in my life I can totally understand how important is to detect the cases early and treat them aggressively to give the patients a chance for recovery.

My own father was cured from two different types of cancer, the disease can be cured with proper vigilance and medical care, around the world deaths by cancer have been reduced year after year.

Anybody following series can quickly notice how most of them keep lowering the quality of the writing, with these news I can now see why, people being paid peanuts will not enjoy their work, and that is reflected on the quality of the things they make.

So grateful for the streaming services, I can completely skip the coverage of this event that do not interest me at all.

This was really long one, friends of mine that experienced the tohoku earthquake said they were scared this one would be of the same intensity just because of how long it felt.

@Mark

Wow, not long ago I watched Australia 60 minutes about a group of online scammers in the Philippine who targeted Australian citizens and the amounts of money involved was staggering.

Japanese are terribly naive compared with Australians, I can't imagine how many victims would be there if the language barrier was as low as with English.

A few years too late? maybe not a negative thing depending on how Toyota plays its cards.

@justasking

How can you “discover” something that’s been around and known and given a name for a long time?

The variety was known, but the species not. It is common to find new species of bugs that are very similar to other species until examined closely.

The guy loved to taunt the police and the government and felt untouchable, maybe he is, maybe it will just take time.

Less people investigated can mean less criminals, but it can also means they are becoming better at hiding so the crimes continue without the police even reaching the point of investigating the criminals.

So, if Hashimoto feels great responsibility is he going to share the indictments?