While we’re all debating the possibilities for censorship, it’s worth remembering that this is hardly the free marketplace of ideas either.
A regulatory focus on product design could help address a wide range of digital harms including compulsive use.
It’s possible the public will gain ambition for a better internet: an environment with rules, consequences and corporate accountability for consumer safety.
Big tech’s facade of voluntary platform action on false and misleading information has crumbled.
The News Bargaining Incentive is a bespoke measure designed to plug the enforceability gaps in the News Media Bargaining Code.
New laws could be less about booting kids off platforms and more about denying companies the ability to host young users unless they prove their products are safe.