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In two weeks, Trump will be out of power, but platforms won’t be. They should be forced to live up to the sentiments in their fig-leaf rationales.
My thoughts on the Great Deplatforming. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/01/trump-is-banned-who-is-next/617622/
My thoughts on the Great Deplatforming. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/01/trump-is-banned-who-is-next/617622/
The title suggests I'm calling for Mass Deplatformings, which is not my point at all. What I want is for platforms to live up to the myth of content moderation they tell, that their decisions are Principled and In The Public Interest; that they will be consistent and contextual.
I believe there are speech interests at stake in the decisions platforms make. I don't buy that these are companies so just let them do whatever, whenever. We deserve better than that. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/05/twitter-cant-change-who-the-president-is/612133/
But I believe the myth of content moderation is attractive because it depicts a better future. It's our project now to build it.
Trump's account may be gone, but these platforms and their problems aren't going anywhere.
Trump's account may be gone, but these platforms and their problems aren't going anywhere.
Plus, keeps me in a job, I suppose.
