Giant step forward for content moderation
…and therefore us (or all of us who use social media)
I’m certainly not the first to quote her, but yesterday Evelyn Douek at Harvard Law School tweeted, “Americans want platforms to be places of open expression, but also misinfo removed, but also tech companies have too much power & can’t be trusted to make content decisions, but also the gvt would be worse.”
Exactly. Making social media a safe place for everybody while protecting the freedom of expression of everybody, including those whose “free speech” spells harm to others is a little like “A Note from Your University about Its Plans for Next Semester”…
“After careful deliberation, we are pleased to report we can finally announce that we plan to re-open campus this fall. But with limitations. Unless we do not. Depending on guidance, which we have not yet received…. In this time, more than ever, it is time for strong, decisive action…. It is our decision to delay our decision so we can decide on our decision at a later decided time.
Whether we’re talking about Covid-19 or the Internet, making the right decisions, decisively and right now, and decisions that serve everybody’s wellbeing simultaneously is, so far, that “riddle wrapped in a mystery [and so]” of which Winston Churchill spoke.
