Who should police the web?
Politicians should not offload the responsibility onto others
SHOULD VIDEO websites have to review content before they publish it? Where does the boundary lie between hate speech and incitement to violence? Is pornography created by artificial intelligence an invasion of privacy? These are all hard questions, but behind them lies an even more difficult one: who should provide the answers?
This article appeared in the Leaders section of the print edition under the headline “Who should police the web?”
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