How Do We Formalize the Nature of These Architectural Features in a Piece of Legislation?

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How do we formulate the nature of these architectural features in a piece of legislation? We don't want ti at to tell social melar companies pepl only enjoy section two 30 protection if they discriminate between viewpoints. I'll give you three that i think i're not controversial. Just authenticate your users, keep kids off and shut down child torn and death threats. Could we do that?

One of the world’s most influential social psychologists, a professor of ethical leadership at NYU's Stern School of Business, and a member of Persuasion's Board of Advisors, Jonathan Haidt is the author of The Righteous Mind and, with Greg Lukianoff, co-author of The Coddling of the American Mind. Haidt recently wrote a much-read feature in The Atlantic entitled “After Babel.”

In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and Jonathan Haidt discuss how we can make social media less toxic, what political and technological reforms might help fix the problem, and how we can empower the moderate majority to fight for its values.

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