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IMHO, social media should be much more heavily regulated (specifically: mandating transparency) in democracies. Used to be, you could buy a newspaper and print
by ethbr1 2y ago
IMHO, social media should be much more heavily regulated (specifically: mandating transparency) in democracies.
Used to be, you could buy a newspaper and print your viewpoint, but everyone could see it.
Now, you can trivially individually target users, invisible to any oversight.
How is that not an existential threat to democracy? (Whether from a foreign nation-state or anyone else is immaterial)