New, by me
On how regulating the media is hard - if not impossible
And on why reviving the Leveson Inquiry may not be the best basis for seeing what regulations are now needed
Substack:
https://emptycity.substack.com/p/on-how-regulating-the-media-is-hard
@davidallengreen Yeah.
Note that corporate social media still, or again, conform to the old model of gigantic, oligopolic media outlets, that could actually be regulated the Fleet Street way. In extremis, by outlawing them.
The Fediverse is qualitatively different, by providing a granular framework of self-regulation without a single point of control or failure. I would give you that this asks for qualitatively new thinking.
@davidallengreen The media seems highly regulated just not in the right way.
Look at the BBC question time presenters. Nobody on the left or pro EU is permitted to appear. Or their current election coverage.
The relevant question seems to be whether the algorithms on social media platforms, which control the visibility of posts, should be regulated?
Elon Musk’s “civil war is inevitable” shows he is not a neutral actor. Should one individual be able to wield so much power in a liberal democracy?
And if not, what can be done about it?
Would Musk’s account have been blocked under the previous Twitter ownership?
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