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This is incorrect: Facebook is not a media, but a distribution platform. A media, like, say, The New York Times, can have as much bias as it wants, but a platfo
by sparkzilla 10y ago
This is incorrect: Facebook is not a media, but a distribution platform. A media, like, say, The New York Times, can have as much bias as it wants, but a platform that distributes media should treat all media equally, otherwise it becomes a media that promotes a certain viewpoint, and enters into competition with its own clients.
- mistersquid 10y agoYou've been downvoted but I think your assertion brings up a fascinating possibility which is to what extent should a syndication channel (for example) be considered a distribution platform and, so, any internal ranking algorithm considered network infrastructure facilitating or inhibiting traffic? Taken along these lines, ranking algorithms which produce highly consistent and curated/biased results could be understood as more or less adhering or flouting Net Neutrality, depending. I think the analogy is worth thinking about, even if we judge human-readable content (news stories) differently than machine-readble content (uninspected packets).
- krapp 10y agoI don't like the idea of Facebook pushing a political agenda, but they're not infrastructure. Facebook's right to free speech and political expression should be sacrosanct, they have no obligation to put the public interest before their own, and they shouldn't be forced to do so.