On social media against writers: free speech does not protect algorithmic manipulation. How is it that no legal framework has been devised to prohibit theft of intellectual property, promotion of violence, and monopolistic abuse of power in the algorithmic space? Laws could mitigate these social ills by setting standards and defining act…
On social media against writers: free speech does not protect algorithmic manipulation. How is it that no legal framework has been devised to prohibit theft of intellectual property, promotion of violence, and monopolistic abuse of power in the algorithmic space? Laws could mitigate these social ills by setting standards and defining actionable fraud, willful deceit, and anti-competitive practices. Civil and criminal penalties seem possible. It is at least worth debating, I think.
Maybe, but the law confronts many impossible situations when society requires it. Likely it will take many iterations, and will never be perfect - like everything else - but the current anarchy is untenable, I think.
On social media against writers: free speech does not protect algorithmic manipulation. How is it that no legal framework has been devised to prohibit theft of intellectual property, promotion of violence, and monopolistic abuse of power in the algorithmic space? Laws could mitigate these social ills by setting standards and defining actionable fraud, willful deceit, and anti-competitive practices. Civil and criminal penalties seem possible. It is at least worth debating, I think.
Because it is near impossible to do technically.
Maybe, but the law confronts many impossible situations when society requires it. Likely it will take many iterations, and will never be perfect - like everything else - but the current anarchy is untenable, I think.