Re:Big Tech are supposed to be the plumbers, not patricians ...
by stale2002 on Sunday August 08, 2021 @03:59PM
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> The minute Facebook invented the news feed they became editors and content promoters.
Ok. If they are editors and publishers then perhaps the law should change so that should be treated like other content editors that exist already.
We could do this by treating them legally equal to things like the New York Times, with all the legal responsibilities, freedoms, and liabilities that such a thing entails.
And these companies that don't want to be treated like editors, then we could create new provisions in the law, that give them protections if they act like how the phone company acts.
Ok. If they are editors and publishers then perhaps the law should change so that should be treated like other content editors that exist already.
We could do this by treating them legally equal to things like the New York Times, with all the legal responsibilities, freedoms, and liabilities that such a thing entails.
And these companies that don't want to be treated like editors, then we could create new provisions in the law, that give them protections if they act like how the phone company acts.