Steve HermanHouse Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) has sent a letter to #Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg raising questions about potential censorship on #Threads. https://judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/republicans-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2023-07-17-jdj-to-meta-re-threads.pdf
Wolleysegap@w7voa News to me, but you can bet that if Jim Jordan is mixed up in it, there is more than meets the eye.
Carl Anderson@w7voa good God, it isn't censorship. It's content moderation by a private entity, fully exercising their 1st Amendment right to conduct business in a way they want.
And after the 303 ruling, maybe metas lawyers can get creative and claim they're just freely expressing their views.
Beeks@w7voa GOP: "It's illegal for the government to talk to social media companies."
Also GOP: "Well, just parts of it. Not us obviously."
Also GOP: "Well, just parts of it. Not us obviously."
Tracy HallJim Jordan:
"We KNOW you gots evil librrrrrrul pixies over thar, we KNOWS it. Show us where you put the evil librrrrrrul pixies!"
Frank Inserra@w7voa Fine point about content moderation being in the hands of the owner of a private platform. It’s true, Threads is not the Government. Yet, I think content moderation by Meta is only a slim part of the equation. Content selection by the users is by far a greater part of the dynamic right now. People are literally running away from the acute nutballs on Twitter and, as much, Twitter management. Threads’ controls are not as developed as the Fediverse, but it’s the same impetus as caused many to join the Fediverse last year. It’s an open question how developed Threads will become, what its ultimate user controls will be, and, for me anyways, the far more pregnant open question of how it will be monetized and how that will impact advertising, use of PPI, and feed algorithms.
Colopen
I Am Not A Crook@w7voa Misinformation and slander clearly aren't protected free speech. Gym defied a Congressional subpoena, weaponized his committee, and launched an investigation to attack legitimate process. The GOP's plan is to legitimize slander and character assassination rather than to earn our trust.
Fire the GOP.