As a european outsider I see big social media (Twitter, FB, Reddit etc.) as the loser here, no matter the president.
- Dems already hated them because they were "complying" with the right/far right. Not enough removal, deplatforming etc.
- Reps also hated them because of all the removal and deplatforming, "free speech" problems etc. Then HN replies with the "They are a private company so they can do whatever they want" > which leads the conundrum when Google banning accounts and the whole site gets upset about it. [0]
Just the week before the election Vice had an article, "Facebook Has Always Been Right-Wing Media" [1]. It was aptly removed from here but shows the upcoming struggle which I think as I said above will be much worse for social media sites
- Dems already hated them because they were "complying" with the right/far right. Not enough removal, deplatforming etc.
- Reps also hated them because of all the removal and deplatforming, "free speech" problems etc. Then HN replies with the "They are a private company so they can do whatever they want" > which leads the conundrum when Google banning accounts and the whole site gets upset about it. [0]
Just the week before the election Vice had an article, "Facebook Has Always Been Right-Wing Media" [1]. It was aptly removed from here but shows the upcoming struggle which I think as I said above will be much worse for social media sites
Interesting times for sure.
0, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24965432
1, https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7vvwq/facebook-has-always-b...