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Will the new American administration (I'm not an American and should have no bone on American politics, but this is how the world works) will significantly enab

Will the new American administration (I'm not an American and should have no bone on American politics, but this is how the world works) will significantly enable Twitbookgle to exert powers they did not under Trumpism?

criddell 6y ago
What powers did they not exert during the Trump administration?
- swebs 6y ago
  Trump repeatedly chastised them for their censorship policies and the threat of additional legislation was always over their head. Now that the politicians in power are the ones allied with the tech giants, there's little stopping them (the tech giants) from going full 1984.
- prionassembly 6y ago
  That's exactly my question: are they going to acquire new powers that we didn't know existed?
  - Bedon292 6y ago
    If anything I feel its more likely that they will face additional scrutiny. My understanding is the Democrats want more anti-trust laws, and are more likely to break up the big tech companies. Not sure how that might affect Twitter, but Apple, Google (Alphabet), Facebook, and Amazon are probably going to face a lot of additional issues. https://apnews.com/article/technology-50e69e921c6699a3edbd730c12292436 https://apnews.com/article/technology-50e69e921c6699a3edbd73...
    - AlexandrB 6y ago
      This might have been political posturing. The Obama administration was very cozy with SV and there's significant influence from big tech on Biden's administration[1]. Only time will tell. [1] https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/21/big-techs-stealth-push-to-influence-the-biden-administration.html https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/21/big-techs-stealth-push-to-in...
dd36 6y ago
What limits did Trump admin put on them? They bullied them into up weighting Conservative content and down weighting Liberal content but I doubt that changes. https://www.motherjones.com/media/2020/10/facebook-mother-jones/ https://www.motherjones.com/media/2020/10/facebook-mother-jo...
- dd36 6y ago
  Not clear why the downvotes. This is literally what happened despite Trump winning in 2016 before this re-adjustment of weightings. I am sure the slide deck will come out in FTC, congressional or court hearings in the next few years.
superkuh 6y ago
As someone who was paying attention to the old days of online censorship (2000-2010) when the RIAA/MPAA were the big baddies, yes, it's going to get worse. Biden unfortunately was/is the the MPAA's man in congress for many years. https://www.cnet.com/news/joe-bidens-pro-riaa-pro-fbi-tech-voting-record/ https://www.cnet.com/news/joe-bidens-pro-riaa-pro-fbi-tech-v... http://techrights.org/2020/11/09/biden-riaa-and-mpaa/ http://techrights.org/2020/11/09/biden-riaa-and-mpaa/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dem-vp-pick-bidens-tech-policy-pro-copyright-friend-of-riaa-mpaa-net-neutrality-skeptic/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dem-vp-pick-bidens-tech-policy-...

criddell 6y ago

What powers did they not exert during the Trump administration?

swebs 6y ago
Trump repeatedly chastised them for their censorship policies and the threat of additional legislation was always over their head. Now that the politicians in power are the ones allied with the tech giants, there's little stopping them (the tech giants) from going full 1984.
prionassembly 6y ago
That's exactly my question: are they going to acquire new powers that we didn't know existed?
- Bedon292 6y ago
  If anything I feel its more likely that they will face additional scrutiny. My understanding is the Democrats want more anti-trust laws, and are more likely to break up the big tech companies. Not sure how that might affect Twitter, but Apple, Google (Alphabet), Facebook, and Amazon are probably going to face a lot of additional issues. https://apnews.com/article/technology-50e69e921c6699a3edbd730c12292436 https://apnews.com/article/technology-50e69e921c6699a3edbd73...
  - AlexandrB 6y ago
    This might have been political posturing. The Obama administration was very cozy with SV and there's significant influence from big tech on Biden's administration[1]. Only time will tell. [1] https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/21/big-techs-stealth-push-to-influence-the-biden-administration.html https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/21/big-techs-stealth-push-to-in...

dd36 6y ago

What limits did Trump admin put on them? They bullied them into up weighting Conservative content and down weighting Liberal content but I doubt that changes. https://www.motherjones.com/media/2020/10/facebook-mother-jones/ https://www.motherjones.com/media/2020/10/facebook-mother-jo...

dd36 6y ago
Not clear why the downvotes. This is literally what happened despite Trump winning in 2016 before this re-adjustment of weightings. I am sure the slide deck will come out in FTC, congressional or court hearings in the next few years.

superkuh 6y ago

As someone who was paying attention to the old days of online censorship (2000-2010) when the RIAA/MPAA were the big baddies, yes, it's going to get worse. Biden unfortunately was/is the the MPAA's man in congress for many years. https://www.cnet.com/news/joe-bidens-pro-riaa-pro-fbi-tech-voting-record/ https://www.cnet.com/news/joe-bidens-pro-riaa-pro-fbi-tech-v... http://techrights.org/2020/11/09/biden-riaa-and-mpaa/ http://techrights.org/2020/11/09/biden-riaa-and-mpaa/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dem-vp-pick-bidens-tech-policy-pro-copyright-friend-of-riaa-mpaa-net-neutrality-skeptic/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dem-vp-pick-bidens-tech-policy-...