Social Media First Amendment Cases

Re:Social Media First Amendment Cases by notaustinpowers on Tuesday February 27, 2024 @01:15PM (#39527430)

Thanks for your comment here on the social media site, Hacker News!

I think we have to reorient ourselves on what counts as social media. It's not just Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. It's forums like Hacker News, it's comment sections on your favorite blogs you frequent. It's the products available on Etsy or a small creator's personal Shopify store.

Free speech isn't just about photos and text, it covers all forms of expression.

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Re:Social Media First Amendment Cases by kmeisthax on Tuesday February 27, 2024 @02:55PM (#39528912)

We used to just call these forums. Social media is a subset of forum where the posts are presented in a personally curated timeline of some kind.

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Re:Social Media First Amendment Cases by Goronmon on Tuesday February 27, 2024 @03:57PM (#39529828)

I would argue forums are just a subset of social media. "Social media" being the high level umbrella for platforms where users interact. Differentiated from platforms which are "read-only".

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