Dan GillmorJun 7, 2023

A particularly good @caseynewton commentary on how social media companies, which once pretended to care about their role in helping spread misinformation -- and do something to lessen the problem -- have now become allies of the people who want to bring down our democracy.

https://www.platformer.news/p/the-platforms-give-up-on-2020-lies

The platforms give up on 2020 lies

For a time, they fought the good fight — but not any more

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@dangillmor @caseynewton could someone ask Musk and co why so much energy has to used to refute obvious "amplification" of lies and conspiracies?

This is becoming an increasing task for journalists and others, consuming time, energy and resources, and it is exactly what the amplifiers want.
Jun 7, 2023 at 1:34amWeb