On: New York bans 'addictive feeds' for teens

[2OEH8eoCRo0]

What is unconstitutional about it?

[jcranmer → 2OEH8eoCRo0]

It's content-based discrimination, which means it goes straight to strict scrutiny.

[josho → jcranmer]

How is it discriminating content?

It’s not putting restrictions on content that can be shown.

[jcranmer → josho]

It's discriminating between social media companies purely on the basis of their speech--the recommendation algorithms they choose to use.

[jimbokun → jcranmer]

If the algorithm constitutes speech by the social media companies, doesn’t that remove their common carrier status?

If the speech is theirs, they are responsible for its content.

[jcranmer → jimbokun]

> If the algorithm constitutes speech by the social media companies, doesn’t that remove their common carrier status?

They aren't common carriers and never have been.

[Nasrudith → jimbokun]

Good god, not that zombie lie again!

[leotravis10 → 2OEH8eoCRo0]

[1] Age veriifcation

[2] Content discrimination

[3] Has the unfortunate side effect of restricting LGBTQIA+ youth and adults' speech

There's a reason why most of these bills are legally challenged.

[apantel → leotravis10]

I don’t understand #3.