10 hours ago
This post was last modified 10 hours ago by UltraBudgie.
So at the service level are there three issues? Let's use Twitter as an example.
1. What you see is skewed by a black box. It's filtered and prioritized to manipulated you. There's no way around that. What you contribute is reach-limited also, if it goes any where at all or isn't immediately bot-countered.
2. What you interact with is in every way collected as data, and resold and used to train models. Every click, every scroll, every second you dwell on a page. Those models can be used against you and others.
3. Who is who is non-determinable. There's no telling who is a bot or not, outside the island of approved blue checkmarks. False consensus abounds. Indicators of popularity such as likes and followers are a game. Bot armies swarm narrative control.
Can the FCC change this? Would they want to?
It is not Twitter alone that has these problems.
Edit: Worth noting that Brendan Carr wrote this: https://static.project2025.org/2025_Mand...TER-28.pdf which is more a formalization of the governing framework of these problems rather than a solution.
1. What you see is skewed by a black box. It's filtered and prioritized to manipulated you. There's no way around that. What you contribute is reach-limited also, if it goes any where at all or isn't immediately bot-countered.
2. What you interact with is in every way collected as data, and resold and used to train models. Every click, every scroll, every second you dwell on a page. Those models can be used against you and others.
3. Who is who is non-determinable. There's no telling who is a bot or not, outside the island of approved blue checkmarks. False consensus abounds. Indicators of popularity such as likes and followers are a game. Bot armies swarm narrative control.
Can the FCC change this? Would they want to?
It is not Twitter alone that has these problems.
Edit: Worth noting that Brendan Carr wrote this: https://static.project2025.org/2025_Mand...TER-28.pdf which is more a formalization of the governing framework of these problems rather than a solution.
Quote:Ultimately, FCC reliance on competition and innovation is vital if theagency is to deliver optimal outcomes for the American public. The FCC should engage in a serious top-to-bottom review of its regulations and take steps to rescind any that are overly cumbersome or outdated. The Commission should focus its efforts on creating a market-friendly regulatory environment that fosters innovation and competition from a wide range of actors, including cable-based, broadband-based, and satellite-based Internet providers
