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by kkoncevicius 1950 days ago
The outrage people have about censorship wouldn't be that big if those companies simply stated "we censor opinions we don't like, and we censor for political reasons" in their terms of service. Instead they create the outrage by having vague rules about what is allowed and not allowed on the platform and then, on top of that, start enforcing those rules selectively.
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Ah, managing expectations seems to be a dying art.
They won't because the Social Media platforms prerogative for bans isn't ideological, or to be consistent. Their sole purpose to do what's best for themselves. Therefore they benefit from having vague, ill-defined rules that allow for selective enforcement.
They won’t do that, because “we want to hide this” is a lot less persuasive than “this is false, fringe, propaganda, etc.”