“What Does It Mean to Ban Alex Jones?” by Alexis Madrigal, The Atlantic (2018).

Madrigal reflects on the nature of the highly fraught moderation decisions today’s platforms are continually required to make. How do you feel about platforms’ decision to ban Alex Jones? And what does the ban reflect about how platforms understand their role (and the ways in which it is changing)?

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