Wisdom

Once platforms act as editors, they own the damage

Quote

the social media companies, Twitter and everybody have set themselves up with an editorial role. They've done that over the past five years, where they are now firmly established as editors of the content that is contained on their platform.

Episode 101: Loops, not Lists (episode page, opens in a new tab) 00:52:45 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)

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Summary

Discussing the Podcast Movement / Daily Wire tweet controversy, Dave says social media companies spent five years establishing themselves as editors of their content. Once you're in an editorial role, letting through content that causes real monetary damage to a brand opens you to liability.