There's a debate that's been running on the internet for nearly two decades: when someone gets harassed or hurt online, whose fault is it? The platform's? The creator who posted the content? The person who chose to read it? This essay argues that the debate itself is the problem — and that keeping it going … Continue reading Who’s Responsible When Online Platforms Enable Harassment?
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The Marketplace of Ideas Was Always a Protection Racket
The claim that public discourse operates as a marketplace of ideas — where truth and falsehood compete on equal terms, and the better argument wins — has never described how mass public discourse actually works. John Stuart Mill's On Liberty imagined the competition occurring among individuals with roughly equal access, sufficient time to weigh competing … Continue reading The Marketplace of Ideas Was Always a Protection Racket
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