03-19-2018, 01:43 PM
I should clarify that I don't think social media should be let off the hook, here. The 2011 settlement Facebook made to the FTC is being questioned, and for good reason.
That second word in "social media" is the one FB (and Twitter) would love to pretend doesn't exist. It's only a matter of time before they get regulated like a media company with regard to advertising and placement of posts that appear innocuous or truthful but are not.
Viacom v. Youtube showed that the DMCA's "safe harbor" against whatever users upload will only take a company so far. People like Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey are still very much "bewildered" at how all of this happened, despite being at the helms of companies where misinformation is spread every second.
That second word in "social media" is the one FB (and Twitter) would love to pretend doesn't exist. It's only a matter of time before they get regulated like a media company with regard to advertising and placement of posts that appear innocuous or truthful but are not.
Viacom v. Youtube showed that the DMCA's "safe harbor" against whatever users upload will only take a company so far. People like Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey are still very much "bewildered" at how all of this happened, despite being at the helms of companies where misinformation is spread every second.