[musingsole]

There is government pressure (more correctly just social pressure) but the government hasn't given a mandate that these platforms must take this censorship stance.

And even then, this is only an issue because everyone is on just a handful of platforms -- so the companies build one-size-fits-all policies. But we're not all the same size.

I'm not terrified of my community encountering misinformation. I'm far more terrified of a community being unable to articulate and defend why the information is "mis".

[tastyfreeze]

"We're flagging problematic posts for Facebook..."

- Jen Psaki 7/15/2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0aWGsxyYPg

[distribot]

The US government can't mandate that censorship tact, right? Sounds like a first amendment violation?

[Grustaf]

The US government is quite happy to start wars all across the world, obviously they are not above leaning on the media to get their point across.