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   Open Rights Group (openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Jan-2025 00:08:48 JST Open Rights Group

   A partisan censorship machine is emerging online ❌

   Big Tech are the new media magnates and they are lining up behind Trump. They act in service of power, not to hold it to account.

   Free speech cowed in the pursuit of money and influence for private interests.

   #Musk #Meta #TikTok #Zuckerberg #Trump #censorship #socialmedia #freespeech #freedomofexpression

   https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g32yxpdz0o

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     Open Rights Group (openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Jan-2025 00:23:54 JST Open Rights Group

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     Why are social media platforms bending to Trump? Monopolies!

     The model of ownership enmeshed with individual personalities has mired free speech in a politico-corporate bubble.

     We need federated social media where the users are in control. We need change!

     #Fediverse #Musk #Meta #TikTok #Zuckerberg #Trump #censorship #socialmedia #freespeech #freedomofexpression

     https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/musk-and-zuck-engineering-free-speech/

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     Open Rights Group (openrightsgroup@social.openrightsgroup.org)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Jan-2025 00:23:56 JST Open Rights Group

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     Freedom of expression includes the right to receive and share information, so people can form opinions.

     Selectively throttling search results on social media constrains the pluralism of information and views.

     Here you can see the censorship machinery in action on TikTok 👀

     #IgnoranceIsStrength

     #TikTok #Musk #Meta #Zuckerberg #Trump #censorship #socialmedia #freespeech #freedomofexpression

     Charlie Stross and Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦 repeated this.