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Has anyone read a serious proposal for how to enforce platform manipulation rules on social media at scale? I think that the reactionary take on "deplatforming
by tdaltonc 6y ago
Has anyone read a serious proposal for how to enforce platform manipulation rules on social media at scale?
I think that the reactionary take on "deplatforming" is largely right (it's not something that should happen in a free society and is a violation of the principle of open dialogue in a liberal society), but it misses the forest for the trees. Twitter/Facebook/Reddit/etc DO have a legitimate interest in keeping disinformation, garbage, and kiddy porn off of their platform if for no other reason than pol-bots make for a terrible user experience. And notice that when so-and-so gets “deplatformeed” it’s almost always for being involved in large scale platform “reach manipulation” not for being repugnant.
I am tired to death of conversations that end with, “but ma’ speech!” but would love to hear a serious policy proposal of what the platforms or governments should do about the legitimate UX problem here. What is a scalable solution to policing reach manipulation that doesn’t look like censorship from the outside?