RonPMexico t1_j562sk7 wrote on January 20, 2023 at 5:33 PM

Reply to comment by whittily in Study of more than 2,400 Facebook users suggests that platforms — more than individual users — have a larger role to play in stopping the spread of misinformation online by giuliomagnifico

prioritizing content is censorship.

I believe that it is fine if platforms want to censor content, but if they are going to take responsibility for some of the speech on their platform, they should have to be liable for all speech on their platform.

If we are going to allow nameless tech employees to determine who gets the megaphone in society with no public accountability, we should at least be able to use litigation to keep the size of their megaphone in check.

burnerman0 t1_j57dr0t wrote on January 20, 2023 at 10:31 PM

> prioritizing content is censorship

What exactly do you think these algorithms are doing if not prioritizing content? By your logic every platform is practicing censorship simply by existing.

RonPMexico t1_j57e7t5 wrote on January 20, 2023 at 10:34 PM

The platforms generally prioritize posts not by content but by interactions. The algorithm doesn't know what message any individual post conveys, it only knows that the post will lead to a desired outcome (clicks, shares, likes, what have you)