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Re:Twitter and Facebook's action over Joe Biden article reig... by joe_the_user on Thursday October 15, 2020 @08:22PM (#24796002)
When they can influence billions and shape elections, it's time to seriously review their power.

Yeah, but it seems like FB and Twitter have been reviewing their power over the last four years.

They looked at the power of trolling-network, botnets etc to the influence elections. They basically triggered a circuit-breaker when a heavy hit-piece hit their networks.

Which is to say "the power of social networks" isn't just the power of the owners of the networks but also the power of groups embedded in the networks. Should these providers be fair brockers for all kind of manipulated viral content as well as for individual positions? Should they use their position of the ultimate kill switch to be the ultimate authority? I don't know but I don't think you put the most recent events as Facebook versus Organic Content - it's more Facebook versus Rupert Murdoch.

Re:Twitter and Facebook's action over Joe Biden article reig... by manigandham on Thursday October 15, 2020 @09:18PM (#24796384)
They have no accountability or oversight. Their reviews are completely up to them and they have nothing to prove to anyone about efficacy beyond increasing advertising revenue as much as possible for investors.