Eric Blair on Nostr: It’s not free speech if you design your algorithm to boost rightwingers and ...
It’s not free speech if you design your algorithm to boost rightwingers and fascists.
That’s billionaire-boosted speech— which is what both Elon Musk and Clarence Thomas want.
Real free speech involves a fair marketplace of ideas without money distorting the marketplace.
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