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I keep seeing deep legal analyses of Trump& #39;s executive order on social media, wondering if it might hurt him and what Twitter might do. But hey, *look* over here. Trump& #39;s order has an audience of one: Mark Zuckerberg. And it& #39;s already working. New piece. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/05/trumps-executive-order-isnt-about-twitter/612349/">https://www.theatlantic.com/technolog...
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& #39;t to be legally-enacted.
Silicon Valley employs liberals but that doesn& #39;t matter. When Facebook& #39;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/">https://www.theatlantic.com/technolog...
Facebook employees seem to not understand the company they are working for. https://twitter.com/ananny/status/1266475527478493184">https://twitter.com/ananny/st...
Thread. https://twitter.com/kreissdaniel/status/1266333332972933121">https://twitter.com/kreissdan...
The answer isnt in a close reading of Facebook’s policies, but it’s interests. https://twitter.com/donie/status/1266416129448255489">https://twitter.com/donie/sta...
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Here you go. https://twitter.com/donie/status/1266401794558738432">https://twitter.com/donie/sta...
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://www.theatlantic.com/technolog... https://twitter.com/pwnallthethings/status/1266517151218896899">https://twitter.com/pwnallthe...
Wow. Much oversight. So impressed. https://twitter.com/juddlegum/status/1266527543022235648">https://twitter.com/juddlegum...
