"[G]overnments must play a large role in these practices to ensure that the internet is compatible with a society’s norms and values"
swap out 'govs' for "private companies," and this is a straightforward description of the progressive consensus
theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
swap out 'govs' for "private companies," and this is a straightforward description of the progressive consensus
theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
2/ I guess the advantage of having it be the government is, if you're in the U.S. at least, they're accountable. But most progressives seem intent on giving huge amounts of speech-policing power to, like, Google and Facebook, which consistently shocks me. Less accountable!
3/I was surprised at how during the Carlos Maza thing (before he came out as explicitly pro-internet-harassment), so many progressives openly endorsed standards for YouTube that would be tighter than what prevails on basic cable. Complete myopic lack of foresight about tradeoffs.
