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Comparing a physical space to a digital one is absurd. Regulation will be used suppress speech and to further serve their paying customers: advertisers, politi

Comparing a physical space to a digital one is absurd. Regulation will be used suppress speech and to further serve their paying customers: advertisers, politicians, special interest groups, corporations. These platforms are already on their way to becoming sterile and for huge money incumbents, much like how cable tv is today. If they have to be held accountable for the things their users do, they will simply wall it off even more, ban anything that seems slightly outside of the Overton window/status quo, and there will be absolutely no recourse for small content creators who are unfairly or wrongly banned.

cj 7y ago
> Comparing a physical space to a digital one is absurd. I agree, it's an absurd idea because we tend to think of digital life and physical life as totally separate legal realms. I think over the next 10 years as digital and physical life become even more intertwined, this will start to change. > Regulation will be used suppress speech and to further serve their paying customers: advertisers, politicians, special interest groups, corporations. I also agree. But you have to balance that with the public benefit of moderated platforms vs unmoderated platform. It's a really tricky balance to get right, which is why I think a lot of people don't like the idea of more regulation. It's a tricky problem. There might be a better solution. But I don't think the solution is to keep things working the way they are.