You and the Algorithm: It Takes Two to Tango | by Nick Clegg | Mar, 2021 | Medium
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You and the Algorithm: It Takes Two to Tango | by Nick Clegg | Mar, 2021 | Medium
When Facebook or Twitter intervenes in this process it gets very complex because platforms are meant to be neutral. Editorializing The Algorithm becomes a question of first amendment rights. This makes Section 230 the most complex and consequential legislation of our time.
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