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I, too, am not a lawyer but I believe that FB _ought_ to be "insulated from liability for the content they publish and promote" because I don't want them to be

I, too, am not a lawyer but I believe that FB _ought_ to be "insulated from liability for the content they publish and promote" because I don't want them to be arbiters of truth. Humans need to decide for themselves whats true and off-loading this responsibility to Meta through contrivance of law is a Black Mirror episode come to life.

spinningslate 2y ago
that's fair to an extent, and shows why it's difficult. Do we want the platforms to be the sole arbiter of truth? No, definitely not. Equally, editorial control where the sole driver is profit - with no accountability for societal consequence - can't be correct either.