The details in the article are horrifying and amount to state censorship in the same style of countries like Russia and China. There’s no reason for democratic countries to have these kinds of authoritarian controls. The labeling of content as illegal is a dangerous weapon. I think there could be a way of fixing inauthentic content or accounts and improving transparency with algorithms, to have healthier social media. But going beyond that just looks like manipulation of the public and of elections.
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> After Election Chaos, Romania Proposes Platforms Invent Magic Wand As Content Moderation Solution
The details in the article are horrifying and amount to state censorship in the same style of countries like Russia and China. There’s no reason for democratic countries to have these kinds of authoritarian controls. The labeling of content as illegal is a dangerous weapon. I think there could be a way of fixing inauthentic content or accounts and improving transparency with algorithms, to have healthier social media. But going beyond that just looks like manipulation of the public and of elections.