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Big Tech will not broadcast your dissent (www.motherjones.com)
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[โ€“] Treczoks@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Isn't the reason that online companies are not directly liable for the users' contents that they are a kind of neutral publisher? When this "neutral" falls flat, aren't they publishing their opinion, and would have to carry responsibility for that?

[โ€“] BobBeans@lemmy.world 23 points 2 days ago

I think that once they start deciding what content to show you, whether via algorithm or human decision, they become an editor/publisher and should be liable for that content