[naturalpb]

You're right, it's a shallow take in response to a straw man of my position. Clearly content moderation is a HARD problem and the decision-makers at Facebook know this better than almost anyone. They made a decision that presumably was in their best interest, of which I happen to support.

[louthy]

> They made a decision that presumably was in their best interest

They're making a decision based on political pressure.

[nailer]

How do you know? Occam's razor suggest that the fact checkers did indeed veer too far left of the American public.

[bayindirh]

From here, Occam’s razor suggest that big companies want to be cozy with the new president, so they can continue getting what they want.

Money doesn’t care about wings.

[nailer]

That new president was elected by most Americans, and had 'get men out of womens sports' as an official part of their platform.

[bayindirh]

Errm, history is full of bad leaders who were elected by people and by democratic means. I won’t start a list here, but their effects on our world is pretty profound.

So, being elected is by no means an indicator of any sort.

[nailer]

Nobody in this thread is stating that Trump is either good or bad, that is a straw man you have created to argue with.

Being elected is obviously an indicator of the will of the people. The platform that leader was elected on includes items that went against the left leaning of third-party so-called fact checking services. This is easily variable by looking at the platform of the winning party and the policies of the so-called fact checkers.

[louthy]

> Occam's razor

* Trump has explicitly threatened to jail Mark Zuckerberg [1]

* Trump has threatened to use the justice system against his enemies

* Trump's 'best mate' (who's about to get a job in government) owns a rival social network

* Facebook banned Trump over the Jan 6th insurrection

* Trump could use the banning of TikTok as leverage

With all that Occam's Razor tells you that an authoritarian leader is taking over the USA and the oligarchy that are the tech-billionaires are lining up behind him lest they feel his wrath.

These are extremely dangerous times for the US. An authoritarian leader paired with an extreme concentration of power (the tech companies). You have something approaching a turnkey feudal system. With willing participants.

[1] https://news.sky.com/story/donald-trump-threatens-to-impriso...

[nailer]

"Donald Trump threatens to imprison Mark Zuckerburg for 'rest of his life' if 'he does anything illegal' over election"

Lying through omission. The rest isn't worth responding to.