Social Platform Regulation
Backing Evidence (5 Key Documents)
- Algorithms and Polarizing Content on Social Media (Science, 2021) Search
- Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act: Overview (Congressional Research Service, 2020) Search
- Disinformation Campaigns on Social Media (Annual Review of Sociology, 2020) Search
- The Impact of Platform Regulation on Free Expression (Harvard Law Review, 2019) Search
- Automated detection of fake news on social media (ACM Computing Surveys, 2020) Search
The Straw Man Arguments
- Social media platforms should just delete every post that contains a lie.
- Social media algorithms are totally neutral and have no impact on what people believe.
The Steel Man (Strong Counter-Suit)
Regulating social media algorithms or forcing companies to moderate 'misinformation' can lead to widespread, preemptive censorship of legitimate, dissenting opinions. It empowers corporate and state actors to define what is 'true' and suppress debates on controversial topics.