[whatshisface]

So there's a fifth circuit ruling out there explaining in detail how the Biden administration pressured a willing Meta to implement the administration's misinformation policy through moderation. Here they are allowing the other side's worst statements through.

Hopefully this makes it clear that misinformation control in practice really benefits whoever the platform wants to hedge against being in power with no concern for our own interests.

Here is the ruling if you would like to see what they have been doing: https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/23/23-30445-CV0.pd...

[mikeyouse]

Techdirt has a good series outlining the clowinsh nature of the 5th circuit - https://www.techdirt.com/tag/5th-circuit/ - they often make just very problematic rulings not backed by law or precedent. In the ruling you linked, they make repeated references to "demands" that were supposedly problematic but when the full context is provided, they're completely benign. Just really bad faith efforts from the Court for political purposes.

Techdirt / Mike Masnick's post about this ruling, the district court's insane prior one, and trying to square the circle of free speech and government coercion:

https://www.techdirt.com/2023/09/11/5th-circuit-cleans-up-di...

[pauldenton]

Techdirt/ Mike Masnick also repeatedly claims there is no disproportionate censorship and that Democrats and Republicans get censored an equal amount. He's very much been in a Silicon Valley bubble since 2016

[mikeyouse]

I don't think he's ever claimed there is equal amounts of censorship - which would only be possible if both sides were equally promoting TOS-breaking posts - what he, and basically everyone who has ever studied 'censorship' of this type have found, is that Republicans do indeed have more posts removed, but largely due to them relentlessly promoting all sorts of wacky shit against the tech company TOS's. If Ds started posting revenge porn of Ivanka Trump in the same quantity as Rs posted the Hunter Biden pics - they'd all be removed as well, and rightfully so!