Computers, Privacy & the Constitution

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Corporations are legally driven by shareholder profit. The aforementioned millenials (and each similar, subsequent generation of adopters) are the demographic who most use social media and are thus the target demographic of social media companies. If a large, growing portion of the user base is okay with (or prefers) censorship then it may be in a company’s interest to censor. But, that can’t be the whole answer. If Facebook censors a liberal-leaning viewpoint, Facebook risks significant blowback from conservatives,
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Corporations are legally driven by shareholder profit. The aforementioned millenials (and each similar, subsequent generation of adopters) are the demographic who most use social media and are thus the target demographic of social media companies. If a large, growing portion of the user base is okay with (or prefers) censorship then it may be in a company’s interest to censor. But, that can’t be the whole answer. If Facebook censors a conservative-leaning viewpoint, Facebook risks significant blowback from conservatives,
 
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