Friday, January 15, 2021

Paul Romer: “If You Think Moderation is Censorship, You’ve Got a Competition Problem” — Jana Kasperkevic

This is the fundamental problem that we have to grapple with, one that is more important and more fundamental than this issue about whether or not moderation is censorship. My quick take on that is that if you think that moderation is censorship—moderation within the firm, which moderates what can actually be said on its platform—If you think moderation is censorship, you’ve got a competition problem.”

Romer’s preferred method is to impose a progressive “pigouvian” tax, which increases with the size of the company it’s being levied on—a proposal he has presented in a 2019 New York Times op-ed....
Pigouvian tax or anti-trust? Or corporate totalitarianism.

Pro Market
Paul Romer: “If You Think Moderation is Censorship, You’ve Got a Competition Problem”
Jana Kasperkevic

Also

Self-regulate or face government regulation.

Harvard Business Review
Social Media Companies Should Self-Regulate. Now.
Michael A. Cusumano, Annabelle Gawer, and David B. Yoffie

See also

Longish but excellent.

Spiegel Online
Twitter, Facebook and Co.: The Growing Problem of Online Radicalization
Markus Becker, Patrick Beuth, Markus Böhm, Max Hoppenstedt, Janne Knödler, Guido Mingels, Mathieu von Rohr, Marcel Rosenbach und Hilmar Schmundt

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