The Big Question: How Should Internet Speech Be Regulated?
A Q&A with author and former Facebook adviser Dipayan Ghosh on the right way to hold social media companies accountable for the content on their platforms.
Better late than never.
Source: Bloomberg
This is one of a series of interviews by Bloomberg Opinion columnists on how to solve today’s most pressing policy challenges. It has been condensed and edited.
Romesh Ratnesar: In the wake of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, Twitter permanently banned Donald Trump from its platform and suspended the accounts of many others accused of inciting violence. Several other companies, including Facebook, Google and Apple, took similar steps. As a former Facebook employee, government official and author of the book “Terms of Disservice: How Silicon Valley is Destructive by Design,” you’ve been critical of the way social-media companies have handled the challenge of moderating content and combating misinformation. Do you think they made the right decision in “de-platforming” Trump and others?