• Geobloke@lemm.ee
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    1年前

    The government is allowed to mess with cokes recipe because we don’t want it to be too bad for people’s health. I don’t see why we shouldn’t mess with algorithms to protect our personal and national health

    • Boomkop3@reddthat.com
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      1年前

      We do, but it’s a lot more difficult to enforce. We can’t just grab a tweet, open the bottle and check how much sugar is in there

      • Geobloke@lemm.ee
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        1年前

        Hmmm, maybe if that bottle of sugar is undermining democracy it shouldn’t be allowed. A democracy needs to protect itself from itself

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          Democracy needs to protect free speech. Part of that is keeping the information “playground” equal and fair. Fighting disinformation and protecting access to the press is important for that.

          A well informed population is vital to prevent the masses from being dragged along by some rich guy just buying a common social media platform