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Re:Facebook is now claiming official CDC.gov links are “Fals... by whiddershins on Thursday July 29, 2021 @06:09PM (#28002100)
The problem everyone is dancing around by trying to say Google, Twitter, or Facebook is a common carrier is that they filter and weight what you see anyway

It’s literally the service Google provides.

If they could decouple the information store from the display, and allow third parties to algorithmically filter and sort, then we could designate them as common carries for the first half. Maybe.

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Re:Facebook is now claiming official CDC.gov links are “Fals... by caddemon on Thursday July 29, 2021 @09:57PM (#28003628)
This depends how you interact with the site though. "fake news" warnings will appear on links even if you navigate directly to the page of the person who posted it. Even worse, Twitter has blocked certain stories from being sent via direct message in the past. The algorithmic feeds may make up a much larger portion of the practical problem, but I think regardless of where you stand on that issue some of these sites have already overreached with how they moderate personal pages and private messages.
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Re:Facebook is now claiming official CDC.gov links are “Fals... by whiddershins on Friday July 30, 2021 @06:15PM (#28013091)
I agree 100%.
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