How can regulators distinguish between a platform's right to design its proprietary product and the user's right to an unbiased information stream?
Regulators face a difficult boundary. On one side, companies claim intellectual property rights over the complex math and weightings that power their feeds. On the other, users demand control over the digital reality being fed to them. To draw this line, policymakers might focus on the distinction between curation and manipulation.
A platform has a right to design a product that keeps users engaged. That is their business model. However, when an algorithm prioritizes sensationalism or disinformation to drive ad revenue, it stops being a neutral tool and starts being a psychological driver. Regulators can mandate
