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by rajivjain
1854 days ago
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Pressuring social media companies seems to an interesting developing trend. India and Russia both took actions against social media companies in the past few days. Florida passed local laws protecting politicians. Over the past 6 months Google, Facebook, Twitter, et al proved themselves to be competent in monitoring and banning unwanted content. I will not be surprised that each country will create laws and pressure the tech companies to comply. After all, the veneer of ToS compliance is a thin match against local laws. If a government can justify their actions in the local courts, the only options the tech companies have would be to either comply or leave the country. Even Apple chose compliance with the local laws in China. See - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/17/technology/apple-china-ce... |
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On one side, a lot of people chastise these actions because they seem unfair and oppressive. On the other hand, people applauded companies censoring the conservative movements on the USA during its last election.
As someone in an external 3td party country, its interesting to see te double standard some of the USA society applies to these type of issues.