Stanford CIS

Can We Count on Facebook and Google to Police the ‘Modern-Day Town Square’?

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"These companies “fulfill a roll that approximates a public square,” Geoffrey King, professor of media studies at UC Berkeley, told TheWrap. “It’s a really big deal to censor content or kick someone off your platform. It’s a decision they have the power to make, but it’s not one they should be undertaking lightly, to say the least.”"

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