U.S. appeals court rejects big tech’s right to regulate online speech

Re:U.S. appeals court rejects big tech’s right to regulate o... by root_axis on Saturday September 17, 2022 @04:34PM (#32881312)

> It could be argued that it starts to get closer to an endorsement of certain content

But we know that isn't actually the case. The algorithms are designed to drive engagement, what they show you is a function of your behavior on the site, it's not an "endorsement" by the site creators, they're finely tuned machine learning systems optimized for ad dollars - that's it.

Once again, this is just another example of how the ad model incentivizes pernicious behavior. If these sites were under a subscription model they'd be happy to offer you the option to sort your feed with a purely chronological algorithm because they'd still be getting paid regardless of your engagement behavior.

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Re:U.S. appeals court rejects big tech’s right to regulate o... by bobthepanda on Saturday September 17, 2022 @05:30PM (#32881778)

If people don’t explicitly look for recommendations and we shove it in their face anyways, is that not an endorsement? “We think you’ll like this.”

There are also active efforts to remove “bad” content from such recommendations, which is effectively un-endorsing it.

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