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Re:The platforms have acted, raising hard questions about te... by ABeeSea on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @06:51PM (#25769694)
What did the government do here?
Re:The platforms have acted, raising hard questions about te... by typenil on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @10:01AM (#25834011)
I care about the reality of free speech, not the abstract concept. It matters to me not one bit who the censors are if the end result is the same.

A handful of companies control the vast majority of discourse in the world - and there's no competition in their moderation styles. It's either time to split them up or to regulate them.

Re:The platforms have acted, raising hard questions about te... by rhino369 on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @07:36PM (#25770118)
Congress has been investigating big tech for "allowing" violence, hate speech, election interference, etc. Its might not be a coincidence that they all started heightened moderation only after it was clear Trump was cruising to a loss.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/09/18/faceboo...