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Re:Twitter and Facebook's action over Joe Biden article reig... by ip26 on Thursday October 15, 2020 @07:53PM (#24795807)
Isn't that why they are cracking down now? As social media platforms were increasingly used to spread outright lies, propaganda, and radicalization, the public started to demand social media apply editorial functions- and here we are today.
Re:Twitter and Facebook's action over Joe Biden article reig... by username90 on Thursday October 15, 2020 @08:04PM (#24795888)
"The public", it was a small group of elites. And of course big tech aren't against getting more power so they "comply", they were just waiting for the chance to do it without significant backlash.