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I keep seeing deep legal analyses of Trump's executive order on social media, wondering if it might hurt him and what Twitter might do. But hey, *look* over here. Trump's order has an audience of one: Mark Zuckerberg. And it's already working. New piece. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/05/trumps-executive-order-isnt-about-twitter/612349/
Trump is working the refs—specifically the one who has absolute control over the most important platform: Mark Zuckerberg. This happened in the run-up to the 2016 election, too. Meanwhile, everyone is analyzing legal details of an order whose purpose isn't to be legally-enacted.
Silicon Valley employs liberals but that doesn't matter. When Facebook's own researchers found that "fake news, spam, clickbait and inauthentic users" were more common on the right, Facebook executives shut down their efforts. Playing the refs *works*. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/05/trumps-executive-order-isnt-about-twitter/612349/
Facebook employees seem to not understand the company they are working for. https://twitter.com/ananny/status/1266475527478493184
The answer isnt in a close reading of Facebook’s policies, but it’s interests. https://twitter.com/donie/status/1266416129448255489
Here you go. https://twitter.com/donie/status/1266401794558738432
The difference is pretty clear, different audiences. Zuckerberg’s Fox New appearance had an audience of one, Trump, Just like trumps executive order had primarily an audience of one, Zuckerberg. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/05/trumps-executive-order-isnt-about-twitter/612349/ https://twitter.com/pwnallthethings/status/1266517151218896899
Wow. Much oversight. So impressed. https://twitter.com/juddlegum/status/1266527543022235648
