It's not "overruling NYT". It's treating all media equally rather than giving NYT exemption based on historic reputation.
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Replying to @RichFelker @pwnallthethings
And there is absolutely nothing problematic about acting to prevent propagation of misinformation in a transparent manner.
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Except it's not transparent. It's deferring judgement from editors at publications to super-editors at tech cos who also have biases.
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It's transparent if you follow my (1) and (2) from earlier in this thread.
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Biases can be transparent; transparent here means they're documented in a public place, where people can judge and respond to them.
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Would you feel the same way if those biases leaned strongly away from your views on important topics?
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That's a complex topic, but in other areas on SM those biases already lean strongly opposite way.
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Things like trans users getting banned for "real names policy", BF pics banned, vicious harassment dismissed as "not a ToS violation".
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There's no such thing as lack of bias; the best we can hope for and demand is transparent bias in the right directions.
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Or better, to not centralize the bias into giant monopolies of super-editors. Have diverse sets of publishers and keep the platforms neutral
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There's no such thing as neutral. The very existence of the platform alters power dynamics.
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Replying to @RichFelker @pwnallthethings
Letting whoever naturally benefits from that alteration benefit is inherently a bias towards that party.
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