Platform Liability Paradox

As a platform rapidly expands and accumulates massive user influence, regulators demand it be held accountable for user harms. Yet if the platform intervenes heavily in user behavior to avoid liability, it faces accusations of censorship or monopolistic content control. This irreconcilable dilemma constitutes the platform liability paradox.

Read the daily articles behind this idea on the Chinese edition.

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  Infrastructure Provider's Dual-Role Dilemma
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