8 hours ago
This post was last modified 8 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engage in a serious top-to-bottom review of its regulations and take steps to rescind any that are overly cumbersome or outdated.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
