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Re:Judges Rule Big Tech's Free Ride on Section 230 Is Over by hungie on Friday August 30, 2024 @12:57AM (#41397839)
> social media is not unbiased ...

Media, generally, social or otherwise, is not unbiased. All media has bias. The human act of editing, selecting stories, framing those stories, authoring or retelling them... it's all biased.

I wish we would stop seeking unbiased media as some sort of ideal, and instead seek open biases -- tell me enough about yourself and where your biases lie, so I can make informed decisions.

This reasoning is not far off from the court's thinking: editing is speech. A for you page is edited, and is TikTok's own speech.

That said, I do agree with your meta point. Social media (hn not excluded) is a generally unpleasant place to be.

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