Social Media's Moral Panic (with Milton Mueller)
As social media platforms grow it is apparent that they will never be able to make decisions that will appease everyone. We should also recognize that calls for government-induced content moderation will make these platforms battlegrounds for a perpetual intensifying conflict over who gets to silence whom. What is a moral panic? Why are people panicked over fake news? How addictive is social media? What is Section 230 and what implications does it have for social media companies? What is a social media platform? Further Reading: Challenging the Social Media Moral Panic: Preserving Free Expression under Hypertransparency, written by Milton Mueller False Assumptions Behind the Current Drive to Regulate Social Media, written by John Samples What Senator Hawley Gets Wrong about American Identity, written by Aaron Ross Powell Related Content: What Made the Internet Possible?, Building Tomorrow Podcast Free Speech Online: Unfriended, Building Tomorrow Podcast The Problem with “Fake News”, written by Ryan Khurana See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
