cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/35973449

Archive article: https://archive.is/a602u

The platforms “are all facing this problem where the right wing has been on them repeatedly about content moderation and how they [shouldn’t] control any content,” said a lobbyist for Meta, who was granted anonymity because they weren’t authorized to speak for the company. “And now the tables are turned in some fashion, and people are all over them, saying you can’t allow this kind of content and that kind of content.”

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    3 hours ago

    As usual, Politico’s whitewashing the significant Democrat contributions to the tech censorship regime. This isn’t something you can fix with party politics.

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      25 minutes ago

      Hang on I thought the complaint was that there was no content moderation, but thanks to the democrats there is content moderation. So what’s your complaint?

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        10 minutes ago

        The social media companies have been burying Gaza news for years now, with both parties in full participation. Who the fuck said there’s been no moderation?