If they can do that, how do you draw other lines?
And then if your answer is no, why do you think you should be able to dictate a rule that is so harmful to their business?
But they insert ads and content I've never subscribed to, with no way to prevent either. They also selectively suppress content that I have subscribed to. That doesn't sound like a neutral conveyance of information. In fact, it sounds like they're already exercising the power you'd prefer they not have, according to private algorithms and policies that offer none of transparency or accountability that comes with public regulation.
Whatever you'd prefer, it's already disappearing from the rear view mirror. Facebook 2024 is not Facebook 2008, nor are any of its peers.
Maybe you would prefer they wouldn't have it, but I prefer that private companies run their moderation as they see fit for the market.
Holding them accountable would make them beholden to the truth (and, partially to us)... Not to whomever they sell our private data to.
I think this is crucial distinction which may help reduce politization.
I don't understand how this would work. Who determines what's true?
It'd have to be open-source and reproducibility should be a core value (so we can start healing some of the scientific fields' reproducibility crises).
I don't particularly. I don't think it's their job to have that power.