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   Mike Masnick ✅ (mmasnick@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Aug-2024 07:01:56 JST Mike Masnick ✅

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   • Kyle Montanio

   @hallvors @FantasticalEconomics in the US context, the answer is an emphatic no. There has been some attempt (mainly by GOP run states) to argue that social media can be declared a "common carrier" which would have some equal treatment requirements, but that hasn't played well in the courts.

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     Mike Masnick ✅ (mmasnick@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Aug-2024 08:27:15 JST Mike Masnick ✅

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     • Kyle Montanio

     @FantasticalEconomics @hallvors i don't think it's something to fear. Imagine if Mastodon had to make sure that its userbase was "neutral" and that if moderation favored progressives too much it would have to "even things out" or whatever. It would be a mess.

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     Kyle Montanio (fantasticaleconomics@geekdom.social)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Aug-2024 08:27:16 JST Kyle Montanio

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     @mmasnick

     That's kind of what I feared. I appreciate the insights!

     @hallvors