Should media have a duty of care to discourage political polarization?

Source: Freedom and Flourishing
by Winton Bates

“Media proprietors may have a moral responsibility to prevent their platforms being used to inflame polarization, but that does not justify government attempts to impose content standards. By suppressing discussion of controversial social and political issues, Australia’s proposed new duty of care laws may well impose harms on the community that far exceed the harms that these laws will prevent.” (10/12/26)

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