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Social media platforms definitely are exerting undue influence over our society and I don't think, after the last couple of weeks, anyone can seriously claim th
by jcadam 6y ago
Social media platforms definitely are exerting undue influence over our society and I don't think, after the last couple of weeks, anyone can seriously claim that these companies aren't using their market position to shape public opinion ahead of next week's election.
What to do about it? It's a tough problem. Simply repealing Section 230 would be a ham-fisted solution (like all govt solutions) that would do a lot of harm to smaller players in the industry.
It would be great if people weren't idiots and didn't rely so much on twitter/facebook for their news, but that apparently isn't going to happen...
- titanomachy 6y agoDoesn’t really seem fair to call people idiots for using social media considering the incredible amount of research and investment that’s gone into making it so addictive. And as for using it as primary source of news, people only have so many hours available to them... if they’re spending it on addictive social media they might not want to go seek out additional news, especially if they feel they’ve gotten enough news from Facebook.
- Nasrudith 6y agoHow do you define an "undue" influnce in the first place? Violating the "natural order of things" by not submitting to their "betters"? The very assertion is deeply wrongheaded in its presumptions of control.