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It should be obvious to all now that Google and Facebook are simply too big to completely understand what happens on their own platforms and the implications of that on society https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-16/inside-google-s-struggle-to-filter-lies-from-breaking-news
The US can't be as aggressive as Germany in regulating them because of the First Amendment. But a much more constitutional path exists: Eliminate the immunity from liability they receive from Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act
The law can be amended to apply to "interactive computer services" of a minimum size (i.e only Google/Facebook).
That would have the effect of placing the compliance burden on only the largest and most society-impacting companies while not killing the internet economy
If these fake stories/ads used Google or Facebook's platforms, Jennifer Aniston should be free to successfully sue them. Currently she cannot. https://www.buzzfeed.com/stephaniemlee/ftc-tarr-supplement-settlement
Without the right incentives Google and Facebook will continue to put in a token effort to avert scrutiny and oversight https://twitter.com/stevekovach/status/931189467540611075
Does anyone else think it's funny that Google's annus horribilis coincided with their massive rebranding to "we're literally the best at AI"?
That's already happening. Autocratic regimes just block/censor it. What should liberal democracies do to protect itself?
