Social media is prevalent in almost every aspect of our lives. FaceBook (FB: https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/FB?p=FB&.tsrc=fin-srch) and Twitter (TWRT: https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/TWTR?p=TWTR&.tsrc=fin-srch) seem to hold the attention of most users of social media today. Standard news outlets such as CNN, FOX, MSNBC, etc. provide users with up-to-minute information. Influencers provide followers with their expertise on almost every variety of topic imaginable; the list goes on and on... Businesses are made and broken by social media postings.

We see social media taking a prominent place in our business and politics today. This is nothing new. Take a look at some of our countrys founding fathers social media from 1800: Swint, K. (2012, September 9). Adams vs. Jefferson: The birth of negative campaigning in the U.S. Mentalfloss.com.

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. -- The Constitution of United States of America 1st Amendment

Do the owners and managers of social media outlets have an ethical responsibility to manage the content on their platforms? Realizing that this is not a clear-cut issue where are the redlines in which the social media outlets have a moral and ethical responsibility to manage their published content?