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  1. Nov 2025
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    1. creating a knowledgeable public; for engenderinghealthy, rational, and informed debate; for holding powerful people and institutionsaccountable; for keeping communities lively and vibran

      This can be complicated by a more critical reading of these texts, and looking at who was able to practice the democratic process and speech. While it was written in this way it was not enacted in that way, as best put by MLK "I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed". this is that their is a separation from what was written and what was enacted for all of time.

    2. it’s not technically an infringement on free speech,

      This is because a SNS is a private business, so they don't have to host any thing they don't want to. But this is compilated more because they don't take ownership of the speech, so law breaking speech can be hosted.

    3. o virtually anyone who wants to pay them, theysell the capacity to precisely target our eyeballs.

      This is what leads to partisan SNS, because the type and form of an advert will be different along party/ideological lines

  3. Oct 2025
    1. while some have noted that propaganda today works not by restricting information but by flooding the field with content, thus sowing confusion and generating epistemic apathy and despair.

      An interesting way of looking at modern media practices. I think it also needs to be highlighted that you can target media toward a very specific audience and make sure it reaches them without too much oversight.

  4. Sep 2025
    1. they’ll need these skills for work someday. But that was never true.

      I don't think this is true. People need to know how to read, write, and understand arguments in the workplace. whether they are communicating with coworkers, talking to their bosses, or reading contracts. It’s also a very valuable part of being a democratic nation. A democracy without a well-versed populace is unable to make sound decisions

    1. Professors and teaching assistants increasingly found themselves staring at essays filled withclunky, robotic phrasing that, though grammatically flawless, didn’t sound quite like a college student —or even a human

      This sounds like it would be very boring and dishearting.