Content moderation always ends up back with government
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they're private companies that are also getting calls from the White House on a consistent basis from the executive branch of the government.
Episode 53: Episode 53 00:35:49 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)
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The Brookings paper proposed that small players look to Apple and Spotify for moderation and called for 'policy solutions'. Dave says that pushes decisions up to big companies that are under antitrust scrutiny and pressured by the White House. They aren't really independent private actors, and every such debate ends with the people who have the guns.
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Episode 53: Episode 53 00:39:56 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)
You ultimately always end up back with the ones with the people who have the guns. Because that's, you know, that's, that's where the buck stops.
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