I agree, the government should not have a role in influencing the content moderation policies of social media networks except for things that are strictly illegal.
It's depressing, though, because the only time people seem interested in this is when someone from the opposite political party is trying to influence content moderation policies.
If the Biden administration put undue pressure on social media companies, that's bad. If Donald Trump as president pressures Twitter to exempt him from their content moderation, that's also bad.
But you'll get very few people who will call out both things.
Sadly, almost nobody seems to care about the free speech of anyone except the people they agree with.
Sadly, almost nobody seems to care about the free speech of anyone except the people they agree with.
It's at the forefront of public conversation right now because it's an emerging issue in the tech space, but we have a long rich history of free speech cases to look back on.
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I agree, the government should not have a role in influencing the content moderation policies of social media networks except for things that are strictly illegal.
It's depressing, though, because the only time people seem interested in this is when someone from the opposite political party is trying to influence content moderation policies.
If the Biden administration put undue pressure on social media companies, that's bad. If Donald Trump as president pressures Twitter to exempt him from their content moderation, that's also bad.
But you'll get very few people who will call out both things.
Sadly, almost nobody seems to care about the free speech of anyone except the people they agree with.
It's at the forefront of public conversation right now because it's an emerging issue in the tech space, but we have a long rich history of free speech cases to look back on.