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Re:UK ditches ban on 'legal but harmful' online content in f... by owisd on Tuesday November 29, 2022 @03:20PM (#33792707)
I think the common carrier argument might work if the major platforms just showed you posts from the accounts you follow in reverse chronological order, but when they’re algorithmically promoting and recommending specific posts it’s more akin to readers’ letters in a newspaper, which doesn’t have any common carrier rule, they’re not obliged to print your letter and can be held accountable for the contents of letters they do print.

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