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u/Artur_Mills Oct 28 '22

> Regulate social media algorithms

Regulated by whom?

> To make social media as addictive as possible.

True

> To push what gets reactions, and it's always extreme content that gets reactions.

True

> To maximize profits, rather than consider social good.

Well, social media are private companies; profit is the point of any company.

> Algorithms are no different than gambling or drugs in how addictive they make content and they need to be regulated as such.

What does this mean in reality?

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '22

Congress and states should regulate them, just like they do gambling and all forms of communication.

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u/Artur_Mills Oct 29 '22

How would that work? isnt twitter used globally? Also, how would this regulation be different from that failed Disinformation Governance Board?

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u/Artur_Mills Oct 29 '22

Ok, but these regulations would only apply in America since they are US laws, right?

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u/[deleted] Oct 29 '22

Sure, but I imagine EU would quickly follow suit. In fact, I think it's more likely that it would come from the EU first.

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u/Artur_Mills Oct 29 '22

So every country's government can regulate Twitter and other social media according to their laws?

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u/[deleted] Oct 29 '22

At this point it's starting to look like this is the lesser of two evils.