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by friend_and_foe 741 days ago
You've just described a mechanism for the chilling effect, and why laws like this are to be avoided in free societies. The article is basically saying the same thing, the problem isn't the behaviors of the companies, it is the "unintended" yet totally forseeable consequence of these laws. The incentives set up by these laws lead to injustice for people.
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I think reasonable people can disagree about whether having your message fail to be amplified by a corporate algorithmic megaphone is an ‘injustice’.
If you believe that free people have a right to speak their opinions, which I do, any government action that hinders that is as a matter of fact an injustice.

All this language about "amplification" and "platforming" is a way to get people to forget that I think.