This is well argued. One problem I see with it, though, is this. Social media companies' content moderation algorithms are fundamentally built to maximize engagement and therefore profit, not primarily to express the companies' own opinions. This, it seems to me, places them in the realm of commercial speech, to which we do permit some s…
This is well argued. One problem I see with it, though, is this. Social media companies' content moderation algorithms are fundamentally built to maximize engagement and therefore profit, not primarily to express the companies' own opinions. This, it seems to me, places them in the realm of commercial speech, to which we do permit some statutory limitations.
I'm not sure exactly where I'm going with this -- just arguing that these companies' free speech rights are not sacrosanct.
This is well argued. One problem I see with it, though, is this. Social media companies' content moderation algorithms are fundamentally built to maximize engagement and therefore profit, not primarily to express the companies' own opinions. This, it seems to me, places them in the realm of commercial speech, to which we do permit some statutory limitations.
I'm not sure exactly where I'm going with this -- just arguing that these companies' free speech rights are not sacrosanct.