In a pathetic statement of cunning and opportunism, he knelt down and prayed to , the new President CEO of , a known serial liar.
The announcement of the change in the content moderation policy at , owner of Instagram, did not seem to have anything to do with convictions and principles. It was a government surrender in defense of its billions, which says a lot about the situation of mass communication in our times of big tech and post-truth.
The statement was reminiscent of those, with an off-screen gun pointed at his forehead. It is quite worrying that the repentant man cited a supposed consensus of ideas in America and meekly accepted Trump’s leash to bark the blond pitbull against the world, especially the Western one.
In his defense of disinformation, with sordid manipulation of stereotypes, the famous Zuck considered that, in contrast to the regulator and Latin America and its “secret courts” threatening “free-speech”.
The USA, it is worth remembering, passed a law to ban , maintains a secret prison in , , outside of any democratic rules, supports the murderous and repressive dictatorship of and has a long tradition of destabilizing regimes chosen at the polls. Yes, it is a strong democracy, in many ways exemplary — but Trump has always invested against it.
Zuckerberg paid no attention to Russia and , perhaps so as not to upset the “boss”, friend of Putin, and the new supporter, , who has business in the Asian giant and does not open his mouth to talk about restrictions on rights in that country.
Decisions can be rejected in its growing activism, symbolized by the important but non-transparent and never-ending inquiry conducted by . Right here, its excesses have already been criticized — and I would add apprehension about how the trial of .
From there falling into Zuckerberg’s mystifying, populist and harmful talk goes a long way. Trump, in fact, brings, as we know, this . Even democratic critics of or from the STF can be captured by the fascist army that claims to defend freedom of expression.
The total blackout of nuances announces itself as unstoppable, and so we will once again wallow in the quagmire from which we have not yet emerged.
The topic of platform regulation is complex. But it’s worth remembering that it has its hidden elements, more threatening than the fanciful “secret courts” feared by the tycoon in the Meta t-shirt: algorithms. It is not possible to talk about full freedom of expression and transparency without shining light on these digital publishers. I would recommend reading “The Chaos Machine”, by Max Fisher.
In the professional press there are filters, public positions and journalists responsible for the publications. The company is supportive of court rulings. But how can we hold algorithms and Musk and Zuckerberg’s “community” accountable?
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