The Illusion of a “Marketplace of Ideas" and the Right to Truth - American Affairs Journal

The Illusion of a “Marketplace of Ideas" and the Right to Truth - American Affairs Journal: The traditional model of a “marketplace of ideas” was intended to justify freedom of speech in terms of its optimal outcome in the production of truth. But today our behavior on the internet, the main locus of the “marketplace of ideas,” is continuously monitored and processed through the analysis of big data. Complex algorithms categorize…