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Improving Section 230, Preserving Democracy and Protecting Free Speech

Cryptography and Security 2023-09-19 v1 Social and Information Networks
Authors: Marshall Van Alstyne , Michael David Smith , Herb Lin
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Abstract

This article proposes a framework for content moderation based on a decentralized market where no one party, neither governments nor firms, controls the flow of information.

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@article{arxiv.2309.09110,
  title  = {Improving Section 230, Preserving Democracy and Protecting Free Speech},
  author = {Marshall Van Alstyne and Michael David Smith and Herb Lin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2309.09110},
  year   = {2023}
}

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3 pages. This is published by CACM but the authors hold (c) and are happy to license under the listed Creative Commons CC:BY-SA license

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