Imposing impartiality on social media is probably impossible: Geraint Lloyd-Taylor writes for The Times

19 November 2020

It is a lofty ideal to impose a duty of due impartiality on social media platforms. Decisions of where and whether to allow or to block various content on popular sites are extremely important, given that the flow of information, misinformation and disinformation clearly has the power to influence societies and the outcome of elections.