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Cliff Lampe: Regulating Social Media

Cliff Lampe: Why is it so hard to regulate extremism on Social Media?

Can we regulate?

Professor Cliff Lampe explains the legal, social, and technical reasons why moderating social media is so challenging. The scale of social media adds a layer of complexity to having moderation that is effective. Adding to the complexity within the United States, extremist speech remains ill-defined and technically not illegal.

Do you think that humans will be able to rewrite their relationships with social media to foster hope and correct information as a solution or do we need to be held by regulation and moderation?

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