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The letters pages controlled by billionaire newspaper owners were "the public square" yet the courts did not intervene.
by ErikCorry 4y ago
The letters pages controlled by billionaire newspaper owners were "the public square" yet the courts did not intervene.
- t-writescode 4y agoArguably, that was a curation and numbers issue. When it changes from 10s of letters a day to billions, curation becomes less of a concern and the argument can resurface. Edit: for an additional example of this concern in the other direction - when a company or person or government tracks the movements of 10s of its citizens who are under active investigation, that's not seen as much of a problem. It's a numbers issue. When the same can track tens of thousands or hundreds of millions, suddenly it's a human rights issue around privacy.