Don't miss this podcast @karaswisher in conversation with three others on CDA230. I think everyone can agree with @mmasnick analogy/point phone company shouldn't be liable for a phone call in which there is a false bomb scare. /1 podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1011… stitcher.com/podcast/vox/re…
However, I think that misses unique role of social media which often accelerates providing reach and velocity for problematic, harmful material thru the content it creates to drive up engagement. We know approaching 80% of YouTube engagement comes from their recommendations? /2
So I question the panel suggesting politicians have different issues with CDA230. If you step up a level, I think you'll find common concern as to responsibility over their algorithms. It's either a liability issue or an antitrust issue or both. It's dangerous if it's neither? /3
We've heard conservatives in US, Canada, UK often fairly express concerns over what content gets left up or taken down (one argued Pelosi video should have been taken down), worried about the coding decisions of unavoidably biased set of humans. /4
We've heard progressives in US, Canada, UK also fairly express concerns around algorithm decisions, who gets targeted by content and whether self-assessments are done to examine harm to groups from changes. /5
These are all reasonable questions and I hear them asked smartly by lawmakers from all parties (eg @HawleyMO @DamianCollins @bobzimmermp @beynate @JoStevensLabour @davidcicilline). So I just return to ? of who is responsible for experiences driven by recommendation engines? /6
@HawleyMO @DamianCollins @bobzimmermp @beynate @JoStevensLabour @davidcicilline It's not the content itself. If it's legal, please don't censor. And please keep govt out of these decisions. But at the same time, the reach and velocity from social media is where they make their profits. That fake Pelosi video shouldn't have taken 24hrs to be decelerated. /7
@HawleyMO @DamianCollins @bobzimmermp @beynate @JoStevensLabour @davidcicilline So point being it's not as simple as phone company not being responsible for the content of a phone call when the phone company is listening to call, profiting from the call and spreading it faster than history could have ever imagined in order to generate profit from it. /end
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