Free Speech Online: Unfriended

Published: May 30, 2019, 4:15 a.m.

Over the past several years, conservative complaints about social media bias have grown. Some conservatives allege that platforms like Facebook, Google, and Twitter have tweaked their algorithms in ways that effectively downgrade conservative content or that they have \u201cshadow-banned\u201d conservative voices. In this episode, Paul and Will are joined by Zach Graves and Ryan Radia, both from the Lincoln Network, to discuss to what extent these allegations are legitimate and to weigh subsequent calls for government regulation.

Is news structurally biased? How do conservatives and liberals respond differently to their content being censored online? Is Facebook a legitimate moderator of its\u2019 own platform? What are the bounds of debate in our country? What is a \u201cquality\u201d experience on a social media platform? What is Section 230? What is the Fairness Doctrine?

Further Reading:

Why I\u2019m Suing Twitter, written by Meghan Murphy

The Impossible Job: Inside Facebook\u2019s Struggle to Moderate Two Billion People, written by Jason Koebler and Joseph Kox

Google News results favor left-leaning media, report finds, written by Cat Hofacker

Related Content:

Free Speech Online, Free Thoughts Podcast

Toward an Uncensored Internet, written by Sonya Mann

For Bad Speech, Is Sunlight Really the Best Disinfectant?, written by Christian Barnard



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