72% of Americans say social media companies have too much political influence

Re:72% of Americans say social media companies have too much... by fuzzy2 on Friday July 24, 2020 @06:16AM (#23937732)

Even after reading the article, I’m not sure how to understand the question. Is it: "Social media companies are censoring me and must be regulated" or are they perhaps mixing the platform with the content? Because if Trump writes on Twitter, that’s not Twitter. It’s Trump.

IMHO, social media companies don’t have a lot of political influence. It’s the reach they create for platform users that’s "the problem".

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Re:72% of Americans say social media companies have too much... by pferde on Friday July 24, 2020 @06:33AM (#23937822)

Social media do actually have a lot of political influence - at least those which curate and promote certain content. They are the ones who control what kind of information gets consumed by more eyeballs and what kind of information gets suppressed, or at least displayed less prominently.

It's not about "social media companies are censoring me", but rather "social media companies are censoring what I see".

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Re:72% of Americans say social media companies have too much... by C1sc0cat on Friday July 24, 2020 @06:41AM (#23937876)

Yeh is it "I don't agree with president Trump" or more conservative twitter users objecting to companies tweeting about BLM or Pride.

I actually suspect the latter.

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Re:72% of Americans say social media companies have too much... by jojobas on Friday July 24, 2020 @06:32AM (#23937811)

It's not about Trump posting on Twitter, it's about Twitter choosing what to show you "trending" based on their management's political beliefs.

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Re:72% of Americans say social media companies have too much... by C1sc0cat on Friday July 24, 2020 @06:43AM (#23937892)

That's what I though "how very dare they show me a tweet from that ultra left politician tony blair"

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Re:72% of Americans say social media companies have too much... by rvz on Friday July 24, 2020 @07:06AM (#23938028)

Given the evidence of blacklisting and censoring trending Twitter users and hashtags via screenshots of the leaked admin tool, they have a lot of political influence and have access to that tool which can be used to crush anyone or any tweets they don't like. President or protestor.

The moment they censored anyone re-posting that admin tool on Twitter, it tells you that not only it exists but that they also still actively use it.

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