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A comment on 5th Circuit Rules Internet Companies Have No Right to Moderate.

Re:5th Circuit Rules Internet Companies Have No Right to Mod... by jwie on Saturday September 17, 2022 @10:20AM (#32877719)
The endgame of this is platforms won’t get advertising spend without their ability to suppress content objectionable to advertisers.
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Re:5th Circuit Rules Internet Companies Have No Right to Mod... by zaknil on Saturday September 17, 2022 @10:46AM (#32877935)
This is only true if advertisers can threaten to shift their ads to someone who does suppress content.

A court ruling binding all (or at least all sufficiently large) players in the space acts like a (legal) cartel: Customers (advertisers) don't have a choice, the conditions are the same everywhere.

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Re:5th Circuit Rules Internet Companies Have No Right to Mod... by whimsicalism on Saturday September 17, 2022 @12:45PM (#32878904)
You're wrong, advertiser spend in major social media platforms is way too valuable and also very diversified.
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