In 1996, under the Communications Decency Act (CDA), Congress gave social media companies special Internet powers in order to create a platform that would be used as a form of ‘public square’ where everyone can participate and state their case. At its core, the act provides immunity from liability for providers and users of an “interactive computer service” who publish information provided by third-party users.
What ended up happening is that Facebook, Google and Twitter abused that power and used it to control who could speak at that public square and who couldn’t based on that social company’s own ideological biases; you may speak, but only if they like what you’re saying, and only if it aligns with how they think.
Without fear of legal ramifications, social media companies are insensitive to change.
Facebook’s annual revenue amounts to $70.7 billion, and challenging them would be futile. That is why we’re seeing more and more new social media platforms being created, like Parlor. The term parlor was derived from a French verb ‘Parle’ which means ‘to speak’. The term was given to the space because it was mainly a place for sitting and talking to various people.
I’m hoping that these new unbiased platforms will give everyone a chance to be heard without the fear of being cancelled, judged, shamed or ridiculed. Could that be the change that would encourage current giants like Facebook and Twitter to reconsider their business practices? Inshallah.
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