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A simple first step to me would be to update the DMCA so that platforms using engagement-maximizing algorithms lose their section 230 protections. If you're ta
by atmavatar 2mo ago
A simple first step to me would be to update the DMCA so that platforms using engagement-maximizing algorithms lose their section 230 protections.
If you're targeting individuals with specific content algorithmically, you're hardly a dumb platform for user-generated content, and I would argue that it's well over the line that would classify you as a publisher.
- bonzini 2mo agoHow do you distinguish engagement maximization and usability maximization?
- seanicus 2mo agoI really have no idea how we can define most of this esp using the framework of previously established law but I do think that a definition of Dark Patterns could be tangentially worked into the psychological make-up of gambling.
- tzs 2mo agoSection 230 has nothing whatsoever to do with any distinctions or differences between "publishers" and "platforms". That's just an internet myth. In fact protecting publishers from liability for user generated content was one of the main points of section 230.